192 Of the Checks to Population in Bk. i. 



" the brother and sister must live together like a 

 " father and daughter by affinity."* 



In almost every part of the ordinances of Menu, 

 sensuality of all kinds is strongly reprobated, and 

 chastity inculcated as a religious duty. 



" A man by the attachment of his organs to 

 " sensual pleasures incurs certain guilt ; but 

 " having wholly subdued them, he hence attains 

 " heavenly bliss." 



" Whatever man may obtain all those gratifi- 

 " cations, or whatever man may resign them 

 " completely, the resignation of all pleasures is 

 " far better than the attainment of them."t 



It is reasonable to suppose that such passages 

 might, in some degree, tend to counteract those 

 encouragements to increase, which have been be- 

 fore mentioned; and might prompt some religious 

 persons to desist from further indulgences, when 

 they had obtained one son, or to remain more 

 contented than they otherwise would have been 

 in an unmarried state. Strict and absolute 

 chastity seems indeed to supersede the obligation 

 of having descendants. 



" Many thousands of Brahmens having avoided 

 " sensuality from their early youth, and having 

 " left no issue in their families, have ascended 

 " nevertheless to Heaven." 



" And like those abstemious men, a virtuous 

 " wife ascends to Heaven though she have no 



* Sir William Jones's Works, vol. iii. c. ix. p. 343. 

 f Id. vol. iii. c. ii. p. 96. 



