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Padmapurana
Therefore, this woman of questionable character should be expelled from the city immediately. A stain does not arise in a pure lineage like ours. ||52||
A woman of pure conduct, graceful, and with charming actions, is dearly loved by all. But where are these qualities in her? ||53||
Those great souls, possessing immense fortitude, are extremely pure and have not accepted women as their wives, who are the root cause of faults. ||54||
The acceptance of women as wives bears such fruit. If, by chance, a woman becomes subject to reproach, she desires to enter the earth. ||55||
Those who have been made to believe in her through great sorrow, let them stay away. Even my mind is now filled with doubt in this matter. ||56||
I have heard many times that she is an object of hatred to her husband, who does not even want to look at her. Therefore, it is certain that the child in her womb is not his. ||57||
Therefore, if anyone else gives her shelter, I will kill him with my own hands. This is my vow. ||58||
Thus, enraged, the king, before anyone else knew, had Anjana expelled from the palace gates along with her friend. At that time, Anjana's body was filled with sorrow. ||59||
Seeking shelter, wherever she went to the homes of her relatives, she found the doors closed by the king's order. ||60||
It is right, for where the father is angry and shows his disapproval, what trust can be placed in others who act according to his wishes? What hope can be placed in them? ||61||
Thus, rejected everywhere, Anjana became extremely distraught. Her body was drenched in a torrent of tears. She said to her friend, "Mother, why are we wandering here? O friend, because of our sins, this whole world has become stone-hearted, that is, everyone's heart has become hard like stone." ||62-63||
Therefore, let us go to that forest. Whatever is to be, let it happen there. Death is the greatest happiness compared to this humiliation and the sorrow that arises from it. ||64||
How can one be certain if someone has spoken otherwise? ||51||