When one's wife is in her season, one should never know her, nor even summon her for conversation. A wise man may take her into his company on the fourth day after the bath of purification.
पत्नी रजस्वला या च नाभिगच्छन्न चाह्वयेत्॥ स्नातां चतुर्थे दिवसे रात्रौ गच्छेद् विचक्षणः।