Now that Lilavati, transgressing the bounds of family honour through flush of youth, became attached to a certain merchant's son. For, (Unrestrained ) liberty, residence in the father's house (after the consummation of marriage), meeting with persons on occasions of festive gatherings, a loose living in the vicinity of men, meeting in a company, dwelling in a foreign country, association with women of bad character, constant violation of one's proper conduct, the old age of the husband or his jealousy or his absence in a foreign land - these are the causes of the ruin of a woman's character.