Sutra 26
परचक्राटवीहृतामोघप्रव्यूढामरण्येषु दुर्भिक्षे वा त्यक्तां प्रेतभावोत्सृष्टां वा परस्त्रियं निस्तारयित्वा यथासंभाषितं समुपभुञ्जीत ॥ कZ_०४.१२.३६ ॥
paracakrāṭavīhṛtām oghapravyūḍhām araṇyeṣu durbhikṣe vā tyaktāṃ pretabhāvotsṛṣṭāṃ vā parastriyaṃ nistārayitvā yathāsaṃbhāṣitaṃ samupabhuñjīta
Tras rescatar a la esposa de otro hombre—llevada por un ejército enemigo, arrastrada impotente (p. ej., por una riada/corriente), abandonada en los bosques o durante una hambruna, o repudiada como “dada por muerta”—un hombre puede convivir con ella solo conforme a lo acordado mutuamente en conversación.
FAQs
When she has been displaced/abandoned due to enemy action, flood, forest peril, famine, or being cast off as dead, and the man first rescues her.
Cohabitation must be only ‘as mutually agreed’ (yathāsaṃbhāṣitam), i.e., tied to explicit discussion/consent.