Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 43


Sanskrit:

स्त्रीषु नर्मविवाहे च वृत्त्यर्थे प्राणसङ्कटे ।गोब्राह्मणार्थे हिंसायां नानृतं स्याज्जुगुप्सितम् ॥ ४३ ॥

ITRANS:

strīṣu narma-vivāhe cavṛtty-arthe prāṇa-saṅkaṭego-brāhmaṇārthe hiṁsāyāṁnānṛtaṁ syāj jugupsitam

Translation:

In flattering a woman to bring her under control, in joking, in a marriage ceremony, in earning one’s livelihood, when one’s life is in danger, in protecting cows and brahminical culture, or in protecting a person from an enemy’s hand, falsity is never condemned.

Purport: