पुरुषस्य स्त्रियाश् च-एव धर्मे वर्त्मनि तिष्ठतोः) । [म्धर्म्ये ] संयोगे विप्रयोगे च धर्मान् वक्ष्यामि) शाश्वतान् ॥
puruṣasya striyāś ca-eva dharme vartmani tiṣṭhatoḥ) | [M.dharmye ] saṃyoge viprayoge ca dharmān vakṣyāmi) śāśvatān ||
I will now propound the eternal laws for a husband and his wife who keep to the path of duty, whether they be united or separated.
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अस्वतन्त्राः स्त्रियः कार्याः) पुरुषैः स्वैर् दिवानिशम् । विषयेषु च सज्जन्त्यः) संस्थाप्या) आत्मनो वशे ॥
asvatantrāḥ striyaḥ kāryāḥ) puruṣaiḥ svair divā.niśam | viṣayeṣu ca sajjantyaḥ) saṃsthāpyā) ātmano vaśe ||
Day and night women must be kept in depend-
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पिता रक्षति) कौमारे भर्ता रक्षति) यौवने । रक्षन्ति) स्थविरे पुत्रा न स्त्री स्वातन्त्र्यम् अर्हति) ॥
pitā rakṣati) kaumāre bhartā rakṣati) yauvane | rakṣanti) sthavire putrā na strī svātantryam arhati) ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
काले ऽअदाता पिता वाच्यो) वाच्यश् च-अनुपयन्) पतिः । मृते भर्तरि पुत्रस् तु वाच्यो) मातुर् अरक्षिता ॥
kāle 'a.dātā pitā vācyo) vācyaś ca-an.upayan) patiḥ | mṛte bhartari putras tu vācyo) mātur arakṣitā ||
Reprehensible is the father who gives not (his daughter in marriage) at the proper time; reprehensible is the husband who approaches not (his wife in due season), and reprehensible is the son who does not protect his mother after her husband has died.
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सूक्ष्मेभ्यो ऽअपि प्रसङ्गेभ्यः स्त्रियो रक्ष्या) विशेषतः ।[म्स्त्रिया] द्वयोर् हि कुलयोः शोकम् आवहेयुर्) अरक्षिताः ॥
sūkṣmebhyo 'api prasaṅgebhyaḥ striyo rakṣyā) viśeṣataḥ |[M.striyā] dvayor hi kulayoḥ śokam āvaheyur) a.rakṣitāḥ ||
Women must particularly be guarded against evil. inclinations, however trifling (they may appear); for, if they are not guarded, they will bring sorrow on two families.
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इमं हि सर्ववर्णानां पश्यन्तो) धर्मम् उत्तमम् । यतन्ते) रक्षितुं भार्यां भर्तारो दुर्बला अपि ॥
imaṃ hi sarvavarṇānāṃ paśyanto) dharmam uttamam | yatante) rakṣituṃ bhāryāṃ bhartāro durbalā api ||
Considering that the highest duty of all castes, even weak husbands (must) strive to guard their wives.
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स्वां प्रसूतिं चरित्रं च कुलम् आत्मानम् एव च । स्वं च धर्मं प्रयत्नेन जायां रक्षन् हि रक्षति) ॥
svāṃ prasūtiṃ caritraṃ ca kulam ātmānam eva ca | svaṃ ca dharmaṃ prayatnena jāyāṃ rakṣan hi rakṣati) ||
He who carefully guards his wife, preserves (the purity of) his offspring, virtuous conduct, his family, himself, and his (means of acquiring) merit.
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पतिर् भार्यां संप्रविश्य) गर्भो भूत्वा)-इह जायते) । जायायास् तद्द् हि जायात्वं यद् अस्यां जायते) पुनः ॥
patir bhāryāṃ saṃpraviśya) garbho bhūtvā)-iha jāyate) | jāyāyās tadd hi jāyātvaṃ yad asyāṃ jāyate) punaḥ ||
The husband, after conception by his wife, beJv comes an embryo and is born again of her; for that ]g is the wifehood of a wife (^aya), that he is born (^ayate) again by her.
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यादृशं भजते) हि स्त्री सुतं सूते) तथाविधम् । तस्मात् प्रजाविशुद्धिअर्थं स्त्रियं रक्षेत्) प्रयत्नतः ॥
yādṛśaṃ bhajate) hi strī sutaṃ sūte) tathāvidham | tasmāt prajāviśuddhi.arthaṃ striyaṃ rakṣet) prayatnataḥ ||
As the male is to whom a wife cleaves, even so is the son whom she brings forth; let him therefore carefully guard his wife, in order to keep his offspring pure.
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न कश् चिद् योषितः शक्तः प्रसह्य) परिरक्षितुम् । एतैर् उपाययोगैस् तु शक्यास् ताः परिरक्षितुम् ॥
na kaś cid yoṣitaḥ śaktaḥ prasahya) parirakṣitum | etair upāyayogais tu śakyās tāḥ parirakṣitum ||
No man can completely guard women by force; but they can be guarded by the employment of the (following) expedients:
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अर्थस्य संग्रहे च-एनां व्यये च-एव नियोजयेत्) । शौचे धर्मे ऽअन्नपक्त्यां च पारिणाह्यस्य वेक्षणे ॥
arthasya saṃgrahe ca-enāṃ vyaye ca-eva niyojayet) | śauce dharme 'annapaktyāṃ ca pāriṇāhyasya vekṣaṇe ||
Let the (husband) employ his (wife) in the collection and expenditure of his wealth, in keeping (everything) clean, in (the fulfilment of) religious duties, in the preparation of his food, and in looking after the household utensils.
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अरक्षिता गृहे रुद्धाः) पुरुषैर् आप्तकारिभिः । आत्मानम् आत्मना यास् तु रक्षेयुस्) ताः सुरक्षिताः ॥
a.rakṣitā gṛhe ruddhāḥ) puruṣair āptakāribhiḥ | ātmānam ātmanā yās tu rakṣeyus) tāḥ surakṣitāḥ ||
Women, confined in the house under trustworthy and obedient servants, are not (well) guarded; but those who of their own accord keep guard over themselves, are well guarded.
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पानं दुर्जनसंसर्गः पत्या च विरहो ऽअटनम् । स्वप्नो ऽअन्यगेहवासश् च नारीसंदूषणानि षट् ॥
pānaṃ durjanasaṃsargaḥ patyā ca viraho 'aṭanam | svapno 'anyagehavāsaś ca nārīsaṃdūṣaṇāni ṣaṭ ||
Drinking (spirituous liquor), associating with wicked people, separation from the husband, rambling abroad, sleeping (at unseasonable hours), and dwelling in other men's houses, are the six causes of the ruin of women. family'
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न-एता रूपं परीक्षन्ते) न-आसां वयसि संस्थितिः । सुरूपं वा विरूपं वा पुमान् इत्य् एव भुञ्जते) ॥
na-etā rūpaṃ parīkṣante) na-āsāṃ vayasi saṃsthitiḥ | surūpaṃ vā virūpaṃ vā pumān ity eva bhuñjate) ||
Women do not care for beauty, nor is their attention fixed on age; (thinking), '(It is enough that) he is a man/ they give themselves to the handsome and to the ugly.
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पौंश्चल्याच् चलचित्ताच् च नैस्नेह्याच् च स्वभावतः । [म्नैःस्नेह्याच्] रक्षिता यत्नतो ऽअपि-इह भर्तृष्व् एता विकुर्वते) ॥
pauṃścalyāc calacittāc ca naisnehyāc ca svabhāvataḥ | [M.naiḥsnehyāc] rakṣitā yatnato 'api-iha bhartṛṣv etā vikurvate) ||
Through their passion for men, through their mutable temper, through their natural heartlessness, they become disloyal towards their husbands, however carefully they may be guarded in this (world).
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एवं स्वभावं ज्ञात्वा)-आसां प्रजापतिनिसर्गजम् । परमं यत्नम् आतिष्ठेत्) पुरुषो रक्षणं प्रति ॥
evaṃ svabhāvaṃ jñātvā)-āsāṃ prajāpatinisargajam | paramaṃ yatnam ātiṣṭhet) puruṣo rakṣaṇaṃ prati ||
Knowing their disposition, which the Lord of creatures laid in them at the creation, to be such, (every) man should most strenuously exert himself to guard them.
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शय्याआसनम् अलङ्कारं कामं क्रोधम् अनार्जवम् । म्:अनार्यताम् ] द्रोहभावं कुचर्यां च स्त्रीभ्यो मनुर् अकल्पयत्) ॥ [म्द्रोग्धृभावं]
śayyā.āsanam alaṅkāraṃ kāmaṃ krodham anārjavam | M:anāryatām ] drohabhāvaṃ kucaryāṃ ca strībhyo manur akalpayat) || [M.drogdhṛbhāvaṃ]
(When creating them) Manu allotted to women (a love of their) bed, (of their) seat and (of) ornament, impure desires, wrath, dishonesty, malice, and bad conduct.
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न-अस्ति) स्त्रीणां क्रिया मन्त्रैर् इति धर्मे व्यवस्थितिः निरिन्द्रिया ह्य् अमन्त्राश् च स्त्रीभ्यो ऽअनृतम् इति स्थितिः ॥ [म्स्त्रियो]
na-asti) strīṇāṃ kriyā mantrair iti dharme vyavasthitiḥ nir.indriyā hy a.mantrāś ca strībhyo 'anṛtam iti sthitiḥ || [M.striyo]
For women no (sacramental) rite (is performed) with sacred texts, thus the law is settled; women (who are) destitute of strength and destitute of (the knowledge of) Vedic texts, (are as impure as) falsehood (itself), that is a fixed rule. m
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तथा च श्रुतयो बह्व्यो निगीता) निगमेष्व् अपि । स्वालक्षण्यपरीक्षार्थं तासां शृणुत) निष्कृतीः ॥
tathā ca śrutayo bahvyo nigītā) nigameṣv api | svālakṣaṇyaparīkṣārthaṃ tāsāṃ śṛṇuta) niṣkṛtīḥ ||
And to this effect many sacred texts are sung also in the Vedas, in order to (make) fully knowi the true disposition (of women); hear (now those texts which refer to) the expiation of their (sins).
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यन् मे माता प्रलुलुभे) विचरन्त्य्) अपतिव्रता । तन् मे रेतः पिता वृङ्क्ताम्) इत्य् अस्य-एतन् निदर्शनम् ॥
yan me mātā pralulubhe) vicaranty) a.pativratā | tan me retaḥ pitā vṛṅktām) ity asya-etan nidarśanam ||
The verse is a slightly altered Mantra which occurs in the
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ध्यायत्य्) अनिष्टं यत् किं चित् पाणिग्राहस्य चेतसा । तस्य-एष व्यभिचारस्य निह्नवः सम्यग् उच्यते) ॥
dhyāyaty) aniṣṭaṃ yat kiṃ cit pāṇigrāhasya cetasā | tasya-eṣa vyabhicārasya nihnavaḥ samyag ucyate) ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
यादृग्गुणेन भर्त्रा स्त्री संयुज्येत) यथाविधि । तादृग्गुणा सा भवति) समुद्रेण-इव निम्नगा ॥
yādṛg.guṇena bhartrā strī saṃyujyeta) yathāvidhi | tādṛg.guṇā sā bhavati) samudreṇa-iva nimnagā ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
अक्षमाला वसिष्ठेन संयुक्ता)-अधमयोनिजा । शारङ्गी मन्दपालेन जगाम)-अभ्यर्हणीयताम् ॥
akṣamālā vasiṣṭhena saṃyuktā)-adhamayonijā | śāraṅgī mandapālena jagāma)-abhyarhaṇīyatām ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
एताश् च-अन्याश् च लोके ऽअस्मिन्न् अपकृष्टप्रसूतयः । [मवकृष्टप्रसूतयः] उत्कर्षं योषितः प्राप्ताः) स्वैः स्वैर् भर्तृगुणैः शुभैः ॥
etāś ca-anyāś ca loke 'asminn apakṛṣṭaprasūtayaḥ | [M.avakṛṣṭaprasūtayaḥ] utkarṣaṃ yoṣitaḥ prāptāḥ) svaiḥ svair bhartṛguṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ ||
These and other females of low birth have Sahkhayana Grzhya-sutra III,, and in the Aaturmasya portion of the Kanaka recension of the Black Yajur-veda. According to the former work it is to be recited by an Anyatrakarawa, ' the son of a paramour.' But the Ka/^as prescribe its use by every sacrificer who offers a A^aturmasya sacrifice.
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एषा-उदिता लोकयात्रा नित्यं स्त्रीपुंसयोः शुभा । प्रेत्य-इह च सुखौदर्कान् प्रजाधर्मान् निबोधत) ॥
eṣā-uditā lokayātrā nityaṃ strī.puṃsayoḥ śubhā | pretya-iha ca sukha.udarkān prajādharmān nibodhata) ||
Thus has been declared the ever pure popular usage (which regulates the relations) between husband and wife; hear (next) the laws concerning children which are the cause of happiness in this world and after death.
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प्रजनार्थं महाभागाः पूजअर्हा गृहदीप्तयः । स्त्रियः श्रियश् च गेहेषु न विशेषो ऽअस्ति) कश् चन ॥
prajanārthaṃ mahā.bhāgāḥ pūja.arhā gṛhadīptayaḥ | striyaḥ śriyaś ca geheṣu na viśeṣo 'asti) kaś cana ||
Between wives (striya^) who (are destined) to bear children, who secure many blessings, who are worthy of worship and irradiate (their) dwellings, and between the goddesses of fortune (mya/£, who reside) in the houses (of men), there is no difference whatsoever.
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उत्पादनम् अपत्यस्य जातस्य परिपालनम् । प्रत्यहं लोकयात्रायाः प्रत्यक्षं स्त्री निबन्धनम् ॥ [म्प्रत्यर्थं ]
utpādanam apatyasya jātasya paripālanam | pratyahaṃ lokayātrāyāḥ pratyakṣaṃ strī nibandhanam || [M.pratyarthaṃ ]
The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, (of these matters) woman is visibly the cause.
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अपत्यं धर्मकार्याणि शुश्रूषा रतिर् उत्तमा । दाराअधीनस् तथा स्वर्गः पित्क़्णाम् आत्मनश् च ह ॥
apatyaṃ dharmakāryāṇi śuśrūṣā ratir uttamā | dārā.adhīnas tathā svargaḥ pitqṇām ātmanaś ca ha ||
Offspring, (the due performance of) religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one's wife alone.
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पतिं या न-अभिचरति) मनोवाग्देहसंयता । सा भर्तृलोकान् आप्नोति) सद्भिः साध्वी-इति च-उच्यते) ॥
patiṃ yā na-abhicarati) mano.vāg.dehasaṃyatā | sā bhartṛlokān āpnoti) sadbhiḥ sādhvī-iti ca-ucyate) ||
She who, controlling her thoughts, speech, and acts, violates not her duty towards her lord, dwells with him (after death) in heaven, and in this world is called by the virtuous a faithful (wife, sadhvl).
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व्यभिचारात् तु भर्तुः स्त्री लोके प्राप्नोति) निन्द्यताम् । सृगालयोनिं च-आप्नोति) पापरोगैश् च पीड्यते) ॥ [म्शृगालयोनिं]
vyabhicārāt tu bhartuḥ strī loke prāpnoti) nindyatām | sṛgālayoniṃ ca-āpnoti) pāparogaiś ca pīḍyate) || [M.śṛgālayoniṃ]
But for disloyalty to her husband a wife is censured among men, and (in her next life) she is born in the womb of a jackal and tormented by diseases, the punishment of her sin.
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पुत्रं प्रत्युदितं सद्भिः पूर्वजैश् च महर्षिभिः । विश्वजन्यम् इमं पुण्यम् उपन्यासं निबोधत) ॥
putraṃ pratyuditaṃ sadbhiḥ pūrvajaiś ca maharṣibhiḥ | viśvajanyam imaṃ puṇyam upanyāsaṃ nibodhata) ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
भर्तरि पुत्रं विजानन्ति) श्रुतिद्वैधं तु कर्तरि । [म्। भर्तुः ] आहुर्) उत्पादकं के चिद् अपरे क्षेत्रिणं विदुः) ॥
bhartari putraṃ vijānanti) śrutidvaidhaṃ tu kartari | [M. bhartuḥ ] āhur) utpādakaṃ ke cid apare kṣetriṇaṃ viduḥ) ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
क्षेत्रभूता स्मृता नारी बीजभूतः स्मृतः पुमान् । क्षेत्रबीजसमायोगात् संभवः सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥
kṣetrabhūtā smṛtā nārī bījabhūtaḥ smṛtaḥ pumān | kṣetra.bījasamāyogāt saṃbhavaḥ sarvadehinām ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
विशिष्टं कुत्र चिद् बीजं स्त्रीयोनिस् त्व् एव कुत्र चित् । उभयं तु समं यत्र सा प्रसूतिः प्रशस्यते) ॥
viśiṣṭaṃ kutra cid bījaṃ strīyonis tv eva kutra cit | ubhayaṃ tu samaṃ yatra sā prasūtiḥ praśasyate) ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
बीजस्य च-एव योन्याश् च बीजम् उत्कृष्टम् उच्यते) । सर्वभूतप्रसूतिर् हि बीजलक्षणलक्षिता ।
bījasya ca-eva yonyāś ca bījam utkṛṣṭam ucyate) | sarvabhūtaprasūtir hi bījalakṣaṇalakṣitā |
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
यादृशं तु-उप्यते) बीजं क्षेत्रे कालौपपादिते । तादृग् रोहति) तत् तस्मिन् बीजं स्वैर् व्यञ्जितं गुणैः ॥
yādṛśaṃ tu-upyate) bījaṃ kṣetre kāla.upapādite | tādṛg rohati) tat tasmin bījaṃ svair vyañjitaṃ guṇaiḥ ||
Whatever (kind of) seed is sown in a field, prepared in due season, (a plant) of that same kind,
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इयं भूमिर् हि भूतानां शाश्वती योनिर् उच्यते) । न च योनिगुणान् कांश् चिद् बीजं पुष्यति) पुष्टिषु ॥
iyaṃ bhūmir hi bhūtānāṃ śāśvatī yonir ucyate) | na ca yoniguṇān kāṃś cid bījaṃ puṣyati) puṣṭiṣu ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
भूमाव् अप्य् एककेदारे कालौप्तानि कृषीवलैः । नानारूपाणि जायन्ते) बीजानि-इह स्वभावतः ॥
bhūmāv apy ekakedāre kāla.uptāni kṛṣīvalaiḥ | nānārūpāṇi jāyante) bījāni-iha svabhāvataḥ ||
In this world seeds of different kinds, sown at the proper time in the land, even in one field, come forth (each) according to its kind.
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व्रीहयः शालयो मुद्गास् तिला माषास् तथा यवाः । यथाबीजं प्ररोहन्ति) लशुनानि-इक्षवस् तथा ॥
vrīhayaḥ śālayo mudgās tilā māṣās tathā yavāḥ | yathābījaṃ prarohanti) laśunāni-ikṣavas tathā ||
The rice (called) vrlhi and (that called) sail, mudga-beans, sesamum, masha-beans, barley, leeks, and sugar-cane, (all) spring up according to their seed.
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अन्यद् उप्तं जातम् अन्यद् इत्य् एतत्-न-उपपद्यते) । उप्यते) यद्द् हि यद् बीजं तत् तद् एव प्ररोहति) ॥
anyad uptaṃ jātam anyad ity etat-na-upapadyate) | upyate) yadd hi yad bījaṃ tat tad eva prarohati) ||
That one (plant) should be sown and another be produced cannot happen; whatever seed is sown, (a plant of) that kind even comes forth.
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तत् प्राज्ञेन विनीतेन ज्ञानविज्ञानवेदिना । आयुष्कामेन वप्तव्यं) न जातु परयोषिति ॥
tat prājñena vinītena jñāna.vijñānavedinā | āyuṣkāmena vaptavyaṃ) na jātu parayoṣiti ||
Never therefore must a prudent welltrained man, who knows the Veda and its Angas and desires long life, cohabit with another's wife.
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अत्र गाथा वायुगीताः कीर्तयन्ति) पुराविदः । यथा बीजं न वप्तव्यं पुंसा परपरिग्रहे ॥
atra gāthā vāyugītāḥ kīrtayanti) purāvidaḥ | yathā bījaṃ na vaptavyaṃ puṃsā paraparigrahe ||
With respect to this (matter), those acquainted with the past recite some stanzas, sung by Vayu (the Wind, to show) that seed must not be sown by (any) man on that which belongs to another.
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नश्यति)-इषुर् यथा विद्धः) खे विद्धम् अनुविध्यतः) । तथा नश्यति) वै क्षिप्रं बीजं परपरिग्रहे ॥ [म्क्षिप्तं]
naśyati)-iṣur yathā viddhaḥ) khe viddham anuvidhyataḥ) | tathā naśyati) vai kṣipraṃ bījaṃ paraparigrahe || [M.kṣiptaṃ]
As the arrow, shot by (a hunter) who afterwards hits a wounded (deer) in the wound (made by
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पृथोर् अपि-इमां पृथिवीं भार्यां पूर्वविदो विदुः) । स्थाणुच्छेदस्य केदारम् आहुः) शाल्यवतो मृगम् ॥
pṛthor api-imāṃ pṛthivīṃ bhāryāṃ pūrvavido viduḥ) | sthāṇu.cchedasya kedāram āhuḥ) śālyavato mṛgam ||
(Sages) who know the past call this earth (przthivi) even the wife of Frzthu; they declare a field to belong to him who cleared away the timber, and a deer to him who (first) wounded it.
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एतावान् एव पुरुषो यत्-जाया-आत्मा प्रजा-इति ह । विप्राः प्राहुस्) तथा च-एतद् यो भर्ता सा स्मृतअङ्गना ॥
etāvān eva puruṣo yat-jāyā-ātmā prajā-iti ha | viprāḥ prāhus) tathā ca-etad yo bhartā sā smṛta.aṅganā ||
He only is a perfect man who consists (of three persons united), his wife, himself, and his offspring; thus (says the Veda), and (learned) Brāhmaṇas propound this (maxim) likewise, ' The husband is declared to be one with the wife/
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न निष्क्रयविसर्गाभ्यां भर्तुर् भार्या विमुच्यते) । एवं धर्मं विजानीमः) प्राक् प्रजापतिनिर्मितम् ॥
na niṣkraya.visargābhyāṃ bhartur bhāryā vimucyate) | evaṃ dharmaṃ vijānīmaḥ) prāk prajāpatinirmitam ||
Neither by sale nor by repudiation is a wife released from her husband; such we know the law to be, which the Lord of creatures (Prajāpati) made of old.
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सकृद् अंशो निपतति) सकृत् कन्या प्रदीयते) । सकृद् आह ददानि)-इति त्रीण्य् एतानि सतां सकृत् ॥ [म्ददामि-इति]
sakṛd aṃśo nipatati) sakṛt kanyā pradīyate) | sakṛd āha dadāni)-iti trīṇy etāni satāṃ sakṛt || [M.dadāmi-iti]
Once is the partition (of the inheritance) made, (once is) a maiden given in marriage, (and) once does (a man) say, ' I will give;' each of those three (acts is done) once only.
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यथा गो।ऽअश्वौष्ट्रदासीषु महिष्यजाअविकासु च । न-उत्पादकः प्रजाभागी तथा-एव-अन्याङ्गनास्व् अपि ॥
yathā go.'aśva.uṣṭra.dāsīṣu mahiṣy.ajā.avikāsu ca | na-utpādakaḥ prajābhāgī tathā-eva-anyāṅganāsv api ||
As with cows, mares, female camels, slavegirls, buffalo-cows, she-goats, and ewes, it is not the begetter (or his owner) who obtains the offspring, even thus (it is) with the wives of others.
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ये ऽअक्षेत्रिणो बीजवन्तः परक्षेत्रप्रवापिणः । ते वै सस्यस्य जातस्य न लभन्ते) फलं क्व चित् ॥
ye 'akṣetriṇo bījavantaḥ parakṣetrapravāpiṇaḥ | te vai sasyasya jātasya na labhante) phalaṃ kva cit ||
Those who, having no property in a field, but possessing seed-corn, sow it in another's soil, do indeed not receive the grain of the crop which may spring up.
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यद् अन्यगोषु वृषभो वत्सानां जनयेत्)- शतम् । गोमिनाम् एव ते वत्सा मोघं स्कन्दितम्) आर्षभम् ॥
yad anyagoṣu vṛṣabho vatsānāṃ janayet)- śatam | gominām eva te vatsā moghaṃ skanditam) ārṣabham ||
If (one man's) bull were to beget a hundred calves on another man's cows, they would belong to the owner of the cows; in vain would the bull have spent his strength.
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तथा-एव-अक्षेत्रिणो बीजं परक्षेत्रप्रवापिणः । कुर्वन्ति) क्षेत्रिणाम् अर्थं न बीजी लभते) फलम् ॥
tathā-eva-akṣetriṇo bījaṃ parakṣetrapravāpiṇaḥ | kurvanti) kṣetriṇām arthaṃ na bījī labhate) phalam ||
Thus men who have no marital property in women, but sow their seed in the soil of others, benefit the owner of the woman; but the giver of the seed reaps no advantage.
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फलं त्व् अनभिसंधाय) क्षेत्रिणां बीजिनाम् तथा । प्रत्यक्षं क्षेत्रिणाम् अर्थो बीजाद् योनिर् गलीयसी ॥ [म्बरीयसी ]
phalaṃ tv an.abhisaṃdhāya) kṣetriṇāṃ bījinām tathā | pratyakṣaṃ kṣetriṇām artho bījād yonir galīyasī || [M.barīyasī ]
If no agreement with respect to the crop has been made between the owner of the field and the owner of the seed, the benefit clearly belongs to the owner of the field; the receptacle is more important than the.sged. jfr bv\t^d«^i^
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क्रियाभ्युपगमात् त्व् एतद् बीजार्थं यत् प्रदीयते) । तस्य-इह भागिनौ दृष्टौ) बीजी क्षेत्रिक एव च ॥
kriyābhyupagamāt tv etad bījārthaṃ yat pradīyate) | tasya-iha bhāginau dṛṣṭau) bījī kṣetrika eva ca ||
But if by a special contract (a field) is made over (to another) for sowing, then the owner of the seed and the owner of the soil are both considered in this world as sharers of the (crop).
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ओघवाताहृतं बीजं यस्य क्षेत्रे प्ररोहति) । क्षेत्रिकस्य-एव तद् बीजं न वप्ता लभते फलम् ॥ [म्न बीजी लभते) फलम्]
ogha.vātāhṛtaṃ bījaṃ yasya kṣetre prarohati) | kṣetrikasya-eva tad bījaṃ na vaptā labhate phalam || [M.na bījī labhate) phalam]
If seed be carried by water or wind into made over to him cannot be resumed by the others.'
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एष धर्मो गवअश्वस्य दास्युष्ट्रअजअविकस्य च । विहंगमहिषीणां च विज्ञेयः) प्रसवं प्रति ॥
eṣa dharmo gava.aśvasya dāsy.uṣṭra.aja.avikasya ca | vihaṃga.mahiṣīṇāṃ ca vijñeyaḥ) prasavaṃ prati ||
Know that such is the law concerning the offspring of cows, mares, slave-girls, female camels, she-goats, and ewes, as well as of females of birds and buffalo-cows. __
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एतद् वः सारफल्गुत्वं बीजयोन्योः प्रकीर्तितम् । अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि) योषितां धर्मम् आपदि ॥
etad vaḥ sāraphalgutvaṃ bīja.yonyoḥ prakīrtitam | ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi) yoṣitāṃ dharmam āpadi ||
Thus the comparative importance of the seed and of the womb has been declared to you; I will next propound the law (applicable) to women in times of misfortune.
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भ्रातुर् ज्येष्ठस्य भार्या या गुरुपत्न्य् अनुजस्य सा । यवीयसस् तु या भार्या स्नुषा ज्येष्ठस्य सा स्मृता ॥
bhrātur jyeṣṭhasya bhāryā yā gurupatny anujasya sā | yavīyasas tu yā bhāryā snuṣā jyeṣṭhasya sā smṛtā ||
The wife of an elder brother is for his j younger (brother) the wife of a Guru; but the wife of the younger is declared (to be) the daughter-inj law of the elder.
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ज्येष्ठो यवीयसो भार्यां यवीयान् वा-अग्रजस्त्रियम् । पतितौ भवतो) गत्वा) नियुक्ताव् अप्य् अनापदि ॥
jyeṣṭho yavīyaso bhāryāṃ yavīyān vā-agrajastriyam | patitau bhavato) gatvā) niyuktāv apy anāpadi ||
An elder (brother) who approaches the wife | of the younger, and a younger (brother who ap- proaches) the wife of the elder, except in times of misfortune, both become outcasts, even though j (they were duly) authorised.
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देवराद् वा सपिण्डाद् वा स्त्रिया सम्यक्-नियुक्तया । प्रजा-ईप्सिताअ-अधिगन्तव्या संतानस्य परिक्षये ॥
devarād vā sapiṇḍād vā striyā samyak-niyuktayā | prajā-īpsitāa-adhigantavyā saṃtānasya parikṣaye ||
On failure of issue (by her husband) a woman who has been authorised, may obtain, (in the) proper (manner prescribed), the desired offspring by (cohabitation with) a brother-in-law or (with some other) Sapinda. (of the husband). seed/ instead of vapta, ' the sower of the seed'
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विधवायां नियुक्तस् तु घृताक्तो वाग्यतो निशि । एकम् उत्पादयेत्) पुत्रं न द्वितीयं कथं चन ॥
vidhavāyāṃ niyuktas tu ghṛtākto vāgyato niśi | ekam utpādayet) putraṃ na dvitīyaṃ kathaṃ cana ||
He (who is) appointed to (cohabit with) the widow shall (approach her) at night anointed with clarified butter and silent, (and) beget one son, by no means a second.
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द्वितीयम् एके प्रजनं मन्यन्ते) स्त्रीषु तद्विदः । अनिर्वृतं नियोगार्थं पश्यन्तो) धर्मतस् तयोः ॥ [मनिर्वृत्तं]
dvitīyam eke prajanaṃ manyante) strīṣu tadvidaḥ | a.nirvṛtaṃ niyogārthaṃ paśyanto) dharmatas tayoḥ || [M.a.nirvṛttaṃ]
Some (sages), versed in the law, considering the purpose of the appointment not to have been attained by those two (on the birth of the first), think that a second (son) may be lawfully procreated on (such) women.
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विधवायां नियोगार्थे निर्वृत्ते तु यथाविधि । [म्निवृत्ते) ] गुरुवत्-च स्नुषावत्-च वर्तेयातां) परस्परम् ॥
vidhavāyāṃ niyogārthe nirvṛtte tu yathāvidhi | [M.nivṛtte) ] guruvat-ca snuṣāvat-ca varteyātāṃ) parasparam ||
But when the purpose of the appointment to (cohabit with) the widow has been attained in accordance with the law, those two shall behave towards each other like a father and a daughterin-law.
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नियुक्तौ यौ विधिं हित्वा) वर्तेयातां) तु कामतः । ताव् उभौ पतितौ स्यातां) स्नुषागगुरुतल्पगौ ॥
niyuktau yau vidhiṃ hitvā) varteyātāṃ) tu kāmataḥ | tāv ubhau patitau syātāṃ) snuṣāga.gurutalpagau ||
If those two (being thus) appointed deviate from the rule and act from carnal desire, they will both become outcasts, (as men) who defile the bed of a daughter-in-law or of a Guru.
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न-अन्यस्मिन् विधवा नारी नियोक्तव्या) द्विजातिभिः । अन्यस्मिन् हि नियुञ्जाना) धर्मं हन्युः) सनातनम् ॥
na-anyasmin vidhavā nārī niyoktavyā) dvijātibhiḥ | anyasmin hi niyuñjānā) dharmaṃ hanyuḥ) sanātanam ||
By twice-born men a widow must not be appointed to (cohabit with) any other (than her husband); for they who appoint (her) to another (man), will violate the eternal law. death by his relatives. ' On failure of issue,' i. e. ' of sons'
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न-उद्वाहिकेषु मन्त्रेषु नियोगः कीर्त्यते) क्व चित् । न विवाहविधाव् उक्तं विधवावेदनं पुनः ॥
na-udvāhikeṣu mantreṣu niyogaḥ kīrtyate) kva cit | na vivāhavidhāv uktaṃ vidhavāvedanaṃ punaḥ ||
In the sacred texts which refer to marriage the appointment (of widows) is nowhere mentioned, nor is the re-marriage of widows prescribed in the rules concerning marriage.
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अयं द्विजैर् हि विद्वद्भिः पशुधर्मो विगर्हितः) । मनुष्याणाम् अपि प्रोक्तो) वेने राज्यं प्रशासति ॥
ayaṃ dvijair hi vidvadbhiḥ paśudharmo vigarhitaḥ) | manuṣyāṇām api prokto) vene rājyaṃ praśāsati ||
This practice which is reprehended by the learned of the twice-born castes as fit for cattle is said (to have occurred) even among men, while Vena ruled.
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स महीम् अखिलां भुञ्जन्) राजर्षिप्रवरः पुरा । वर्णानां संकरं चक्रे) कामौपहतचेतनः ॥
sa mahīm akhilāṃ bhuñjan) rājarṣipravaraḥ purā | varṇānāṃ saṃkaraṃ cakre) kāma.upahata.cetanaḥ ||
That chief of royal sages who formerly possessed the whole world, caused a confusion of the castes (vanza), his intellect being destroyed by lust.
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ततः प्रभृति यो मोहात् प्रमीतपतिकां स्त्रियम् । नियोजयत्य्) अपत्यार्थं तं विगर्हन्ति) साधवः ॥
tataḥ prabhṛti yo mohāt pramīta.patikāṃ striyam | niyojayaty) apatyārthaṃ taṃ vigarhanti) sādhavaḥ ||
Since that (time) the virtuous censure that (man) who in his folly appoints a woman, whose husband died, to (bear) children (to another man).
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यस्या म्रियेत) कन्याया वाचा सत्ये कृते पतिः । ताम् अनेन विधानेन निजो विन्देत) देवरः ॥
yasyā mriyeta) kanyāyā vācā satye kṛte patiḥ | tām anena vidhānena nijo vindeta) devaraḥ ||
If the (future) husband of a maiden dies after troth verbally plighted, her brother-in-law shall wed her according to the following rule.
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यथाविधि-अधिगम्य)-एनां शुक्लवस्त्रां शुचिव्रताम् । मिथो भजेत)-आ प्रसवात् सकृत्सकृद् ऋतावृतौ ॥
yathāvidhi-adhigamya)-enāṃ śukla.vastrāṃ śuci.vratām | mitho bhajeta)-ā prasavāt sakṛt.sakṛd ṛtāv.ṛtau ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
न दत्त्वा) कस्य चित् कन्यां पुनर् दद्याद्) विचक्षणः । दत्त्वा) पुनः प्रयच्छन्) हि प्राप्नोति) पुरुषानृतम् ॥
na dattvā) kasya cit kanyāṃ punar dadyād) vicakṣaṇaḥ | dattvā) punaḥ prayacchan) hi prāpnoti) puruṣānṛtam ||
Let no prudent man, after giving his daughter to one (man), give her again to another; for he who gives (his daughter) whom he had before given, incurs (the guilt of) speaking falsely regarding a human being.
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विधिवत् प्रतिगृह्य)-अपि त्यजेत्) कन्यां विगर्हिताम् । व्याधितां विप्रदुष्टां वा छद्मना च-उपपादिताम् ॥
vidhivat pratigṛhya)-api tyajet) kanyāṃ vigarhitām | vyādhitāṃ vipraduṣṭāṃ vā chadmanā ca-upapāditām ||
Though (a man) may have accepted a damsel in due form, he may abandon (her if she be) blemished, diseased, or deflowered, and (if she have ^K been) given with fraud.
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यस् तु दोषवतीं कन्याम् अनाख्याय)-उपपादयेत्) । तस्य तद् वितथं कुर्यात्) कन्यादातुर् दुरात्मनः ॥
yas tu doṣavatīṃ kanyām an.ākhyāya)-upapādayet) | tasya tad vitathaṃ kuryāt) kanyādātur durātmanaḥ ||
If anybody gives away a maiden possessing blemishes without declaring them, (the bridegroom) may annul that (contract) with the evil-minded giver.
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विधाय) वृत्तिं भार्यायाः प्रवसेत्) कार्यवान् नरः । अवृत्तिकर्शिता हि स्त्री प्रदुष्येत्) स्थितिमत्य् अपि ॥
vidhāya) vṛttiṃ bhāryāyāḥ pravaset) kāryavān naraḥ | avṛttikarśitā hi strī praduṣyet) sthitimaty api ||
A man who has business (abroad) may depart after securing a maintenance for his wife; for a wife, even though virtuous, may be corrupted if she be distressed by want of subsistence.
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विधाय) प्रोषिते वृत्तिं जीवेन्) नियमम् आस्थिता । प्रोषिते त्व् अविधाय)-एव जीवेत्)- शिल्पैर् अगर्हितैः ॥
vidhāya) proṣite vṛttiṃ jīven) niyamam āsthitā | proṣite tv a.vidhāya)-eva jīvet)- śilpair agarhitaiḥ ||
If (the husband) went on a journey after providing (for her), the wife shall subject herself to restraints in her daily life; but if he departed without providing (for her), she may subsist by blameless manual work.
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प्रोषितो धर्मकार्यार्थं प्रतीक्ष्यो) ऽअष्टौ नरः समाः । विद्यार्थं षड् यशो।ऽअर्थं वा कामार्थं त्रींस् तु वत्सरान् ॥
proṣito dharmakāryārthaṃ pratīkṣyo) 'aṣṭau naraḥ samāḥ | vidyārthaṃ ṣaḍ yaśo.'arthaṃ vā kāmārthaṃ trīṃs tu vatsarān ||
If the husband went abroad for some sacred duty, (she) must wait for him eight years, if (he went) to (acquire) learning or fame six (years), if (he went) for pleasure three years. j j. For one year let a husband bear with a wife who hates him; but after (the lapse of) a year let him deprive her of her property and cease to cohabit with her.
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संवत्सरं प्रतीक्षेत) द्विषन्तीं योषितं पतिः । [म्द्विषाणां] ऊर्ध्वं संवत्सरात् त्व् एनां दायं हृत्वा) न संवसेत्) ॥
saṃvatsaraṃ pratīkṣeta) dviṣantīṃ yoṣitaṃ patiḥ | [M.dviṣāṇāṃ] ūrdhvaṃ saṃvatsarāt tv enāṃ dāyaṃ hṛtvā) na saṃvaset) ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
अतिक्रामेत्) प्रमत्तं या मत्तं रोगार्तम् एव वा । सा त्रीन् मासान् परित्याज्या) विभूषणपरिच्छदा ॥
atikrāmet) pramattaṃ yā mattaṃ rogārtam eva vā | sā trīn māsān parityājyā) vibhūṣaṇa.paricchadā ||
She who shows disrespect to (a husband) who is addicted to (some evil) passion, is a drunkard, or diseased, shall be deserted for three months (and be) deprived of her ornaments and furniture.
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उन्मत्तं पतितं क्लीबम् अबीजं पापरोगिणम् । न त्यागो ऽअस्ति) द्विषन्त्याश् च न च दायापवर्तनम् ॥
unmattaṃ patitaṃ klībam a.bījaṃ pāparogiṇam | na tyāgo 'asti) dviṣantyāś ca na ca dāyāpavartanam ||
But she who shows aversion towards a mad or outcast (husband), a eunuch, one destitute of manly strength, or one afflicted with such diseases as punish crimes, shall neither be cast off nor be deprived of her property.
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मद्यपा-असाधुवृत्ता च प्रतिकूला च या भवेत्) । [म्मद्यपअसत्यवृत्ता ] व्याधिता वा-अधिवेत्तव्या हिंस्रा-अर्थघ्नी च सर्वदा ॥
madyapā-asādhuvṛttā ca pratikūlā ca yā bhavet) | [M.madyapa.asatyavṛttā ] vyādhitā vā-adhivettavyā hiṃsrā-arthaghnī ca sarvadā ||
She who drinks spirituous liquor, is of bad life/ i.e. 'shall not adorn herself, nor visit the houses of strangers, or go to festivals'
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वन्ध्याष्टमे ऽअधिवेद्या-ऽअब्दे दशमे तु मृतप्रजा । एकादशे स्त्रीजननी सद्यस् त्व् अप्रियवादिनी ॥
vandhyāṣṭame 'adhivedyā-'abde daśame tu mṛta.prajā | ekādaśe strījananī sadyas tv apriyavādinī ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
या रोगिणी स्यात्) तु हिता संपन्ना च-एव शीलतः । सा-अनुज्ञाप्य-अधिवेत्तव्या) न-अवमान्या) च कर्हि चित् ॥
yā rogiṇī syāt) tu hitā saṃpannā ca-eva śīlataḥ | sā-anujñāpya-adhivettavyā) na-avamānyā) ca karhi cit ||
But a sick wife who is kind (to her husband) and virtuous in her conduct, may be superseded (only) with her own consent and must never be disgraced.
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अधिविन्ना तु या नारी निर्गच्छेद्) रुषिता गृहात् । सा सद्यः संनिरोद्धव्या) त्याज्या) वा कुलसंनिधौ ॥
adhivinnā tu yā nārī nirgacched) ruṣitā gṛhāt | sā sadyaḥ saṃniroddhavyā) tyājyā) vā kulasaṃnidhau ||
A wife who, being superseded, in anger departs from (her husband's) house, must either be instantly confined or cast off in the presence of the family.
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प्रतिषिद्धा-अपि चेद् या तु मद्यम् अभ्युदयेष्व् अपि । [ म्प्रतिषेधे पिबेद् या तु] प्रेक्षासमाजं गच्छेद्) वा सा दण्ड्या) कृष्णलानि षट् ॥
pratiṣiddhā-api ced yā tu madyam abhyudayeṣv api | [ M.pratiṣedhe pibed yā tu] prekṣā.samājaṃ gacched) vā sā daṇḍyā) kṛṣṇalāni ṣaṭ ||
But she who, though having been forbidden, drinks spirituous liquor even at festivals, or goes to public spectacles or assemblies, shall be fined six kṛṣṇalas.
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यदि स्वाश् च-अपराश् च-एव विन्देरन्) योषितो द्विजाः । तासां वर्णक्रमेण स्याज्) ज्येष्ठ्यं पूजा च वेश्म च ॥
yadi svāś ca-aparāś ca-eva vinderan) yoṣito dvijāḥ | tāsāṃ varṇakrameṇa syāj) jyeṣṭhyaṃ pūjā ca veśma ca ||
If twice-born men wed women of their own and of other (lower castes), the seniority, honour, and habitation of those (wives) must be (settled) according to the order of the castes (vama).
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भर्तुः शरीरशुश्रूषां धर्मकार्यं च नैत्यकम् । स्वा च-एव कुर्यात्) सर्वेषां न-अस्वजातिः कथं चन ॥ [म्स्वा स्वा-एव]
bhartuḥ śarīraśuśrūṣāṃ dharmakāryaṃ ca naityakam | svā ca-eva kuryāt) sarveṣāṃ na-asvajātiḥ kathaṃ cana || [M.svā svā-eva]
Among all (twice-born men) the wife of equal caste alone, not a wife of a different caste by any means, shall personally attend her husband and assist him in his daily sacred rites. J. But he who foolishly causes that (duty) to be mischievous,' i.e. ' who beats or ill-treats her children, servants, &c.'
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यस् तु तत् कारयेन्) मोहात् सजात्या स्थितया-अन्यया । यथा ब्राह्मणचाण्डालः पूर्वदृष्टस् तथा-एव सः ॥
yas tu tat kārayen) mohāt sa.jātyā sthitayā-anyayā | yathā brāhmaṇacāṇḍālaḥ pūrvadṛṣṭas tathā-eva saḥ ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
उत्कृष्टाय-अभिरूपाय वराय सदृशाय च । अप्राप्ताम् अपि तां तस्मै कन्यां दद्याद्) यथाविधि ॥
utkṛṣṭāya-abhirūpāya varāya sadṛśāya ca | aprāptām api tāṃ tasmai kanyāṃ dadyād) yathāvidhi ||
To a distinguished, handsome suitor (of) equal (caste) should (a father) give his daughter in accordance with the prescribed rule, though she have not attained (the proper age).
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कामम् आ मरणात् तिष्ठेद्) गृहे कन्या-ऋतुमत्य् अपि । न च-एव-एनां प्रयच्चेत्) तु गुणहीनाय कर्हि चित् ॥
kāmam ā maraṇāt tiṣṭhed) gṛhe kanyā-ṛtumaty api | na ca-eva-enāṃ prayaccet) tu guṇa.hīnāya karhi cit ||
(But) the maiden, though marriageable, should rather stop in (the father's) house until death, than that he should ever give her to a man destitute of good qualities.
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त्रीणि वर्षाण्य् उदीक्षेत) कुमार्य् ऋतुमती सती । ऊर्ध्वं तु कालाद् एतस्माद् विन्देत) सदृशं पतिम् ॥
trīṇi varṣāṇy udīkṣeta) kumāry ṛtumatī satī | ūrdhvaṃ tu kālād etasmād vindeta) sadṛśaṃ patim ||
Three years let a damsel wait, though she be marriageable; but after that time let her choose for herself a bridegroom (of) equal (caste and rank).
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अदीयमाना भर्तारम् अधिगच्छेद्) यदि स्वयम् । न-एनः किं चिद् अवाप्नोति) न च यं सा-अधिगच्छति) ॥
a.dīyamānā bhartāram adhigacched) yadi svayam | na-enaḥ kiṃ cid avāpnoti) na ca yaṃ sā-adhigacchati) ||
If, being not given in marriage, she herself seeks a husband, she incurs no guilt, nor (does) he whom she weds.
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अलङ्कारं न-आददीत) पित्र्यं कन्या स्वयंवरा । मातृकं भ्रातृदत्तं वा स्तेना स्याद्) यदि तं हरेत्) ॥
alaṅkāraṃ na-ādadīta) pitryaṃ kanyā svayaṃvarā | mātṛkaṃ bhrātṛdattaṃ vā stenā syād) yadi taṃ haret) ||
A maiden who choses for herself, shall not take with her any ornaments, given by her father or her mother, or her brothers; if she carries them away, it will be theft.
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पित्रे न दद्यात्)- शुल्कं तु कन्याम् ऋतुमतीं हरन्) । स च स्वाम्याद् अतिक्रामेद्) ऋतूनां प्रतिरोधनात् ॥
pitre na dadyāt)- śulkaṃ tu kanyām ṛtumatīṃ haran) | sa ca svāmyād atikrāmed) ṛtūnāṃ pratirodhanāt ||
But he who takes (to wife) a marriageable
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त्रिंशद्वर्षो वहेत्) कन्यां हृद्यां द्वादशवार्षिकीम् । त्र्यष्टवर्षो ऽअष्टवर्षां वा धर्मे सीदति) सत्वरः ॥
triṃśadvarṣo vahet) kanyāṃ hṛdyāṃ dvādaśavārṣikīm | tryaṣṭavarṣo 'aṣṭavarṣāṃ vā dharme sīdati) satvaraḥ ||
A man, aged thirty years, shall marry a maiden of twelve who pleases him, or a man of twenty-four a girl eight years of age; if (the performance of) his duties would (otherwise) be impeded, (he must marry) sooner.
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देवदत्तां पतिर् भार्यां विन्दते) न-इच्छया-आत्मनः । तां साध्वीं बिभृयान्) नित्यं देवानां प्रियम् आचरन्) ॥
devadattāṃ patir bhāryāṃ vindate) na-icchayā-ātmanaḥ | tāṃ sādhvīṃ bibhṛyān) nityaṃ devānāṃ priyam ācaran) ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
प्रजनार्थं स्त्रियः सृष्टाः) संतानार्थं च मानवः । तस्मात् साधारणो धर्मः श्रुतौ पत्न्या सहौदितः ॥
prajanārthaṃ striyaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ) saṃtānārthaṃ ca mānavaḥ | tasmāt sādhāraṇo dharmaḥ śrutau patnyā saha.uditaḥ ||
To be mothers were women created, and to be fathers men; religious rites, therefore, are ordained in the Veda to be performed (by the husband) together with the wife.
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कन्यायां दत्तशुल्कायां म्रियेत) यदि शुल्कदः । देवराय प्रदातव्या) यदि कन्या-अनुमन्यते) ॥
kanyāyāṃ datta.śulkāyāṃ mriyeta) yadi śulkadaḥ | devarāya pradātavyā) yadi kanyā-anumanyate) ||
If, after the nuptial fee has been paid for a maiden, the giver of the fee dies, she shall be given in marriage to his brother, in case she consents.
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आददीत) न शूद्रो ऽअपि शुल्कं दुहितरं ददन्) । शुल्कं हि गृह्णन्) कुरुते) छन्नं दुहितृविक्रयम् ॥
ādadīta) na śūdro 'api śulkaṃ duhitaraṃ dadan) | śulkaṃ hi gṛhṇan) kurute) channaṃ duhitṛvikrayam ||
Even a 6udra ought not to take a nuptial fee, when he gives away his daughter; for he who takes a fee sells his daughter, covering (the transaction by another name).
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एतत् तु न परे चक्रुर्) न-अपरे जातु साधवः । यद् अन्यस्य प्रतिज्ञाय) पुनर् अन्यस्य दीयते) ॥
etat tu na pare cakrur) na-apare jātu sādhavaḥ | yad anyasya pratijñāya) punar anyasya dīyate) ||
Neither ancients nor moderns who were good men have done such (a deed) that, after promising (a daughter) to one man, they gave her to another;
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न-अनुशुश्रुम) जातु-एतत् पूर्वेष्व् अपि हि जन्मसु । शुल्कसंज्ञेन मूल्येन छन्नं दुहितृविक्रयम् ॥
na-anuśuśruma) jātu-etat pūrveṣv api hi janmasu | śulka.saṃjñena mūlyena channaṃ duhitṛvikrayam ||
Nor, indeed, have we heard, even in former creations, of such (a thing as) the covert sale of a daughter for a fixed price, called a nuptial fee.. ' Let mutual fidelity continue until death/ this may be considered as the summary of the highest law for husband and wife.
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अन्योन्यस्य-अव्यभिचारो भवेद्) आमरणान्तिकः । एष धर्मः समासेन ज्ञेयः) स्त्रीपुंसयोः परः ॥
anyonyasya-avyabhicāro bhaved) ā.maraṇāntikaḥ | eṣa dharmaḥ samāsena jñeyaḥ) strī.puṃsayoḥ paraḥ ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
तथा नित्यं यतेयातां) स्त्रीपुंसौ तु कृतक्रियौ । यथा नाभिचरेतां तौ वियुक्ताव् इतरेतरम् ॥ [म्न-अतिचरेतां) ]
tathā nityaṃ yateyātāṃ) strī.puṃsau tu kṛta.kriyau | yathā nābhicaretāṃ tau viyuktāv itaretaram || [M.na-aticaretāṃ) ]
Let man and woman, united in marriage, constantly exert themselves, that (they may not be) disunited (and) may not violate their mutual fidelity.
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एष स्त्रीपुंसयोर् उक्तो) धर्मो वो रतिसंहितः । आपद्य् अपत्यप्राप्तिश् च दायधर्मं निबोधत) ॥
eṣa strī.puṃsayor ukto) dharmo vo ratisaṃhitaḥ | āpady apatyaprāptiś ca dāyadharmaṃ nibodhata) ||
Thus has been declared to you the law for a husband and his wife, which is intimately connected with conjugal happiness, and the manner of raising offspring in times of calamity; learn (now the law concerning) the division of the inheritance.
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ऊर्ध्वं पितुश् च मातुश् च समेत्य) भ्रातरः समम् । भजेरन्) पैतृकं रिक्थम् अनीशास् ते हि जीवतोः ॥
ūrdhvaṃ pituś ca mātuś ca sametya) bhrātaraḥ samam | bhajeran) paitṛkaṃ riktham anīśās te hi jīvatoḥ ||
After the death of the father and of the mother, the brothers, being assembled, may divide among themselves in equal shares the paternal (and the maternal) estate; for, they have no power (over it) while the parents live. contradiction between this and the next verses, see note on VIII, 204.
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ज्येष्ठ एव तु गृह्णीयात्) पित्र्यं धनम् अशेषतः । शेषास् तम् उपजीवेयुर्) यथा-एव पितरं तथा ॥
jyeṣṭha eva tu gṛhṇīyāt) pitryaṃ dhanam aśeṣataḥ | śeṣās tam upajīveyur) yathā-eva pitaraṃ tathā ||
(Or) the eldest alone may take the whole paternal estate, the others shall live under him just as (they lived) under their father.
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ज्येष्ठेन जातमात्रेण पुत्री भवति मानवः । पित्क़्णाम् अनृणश् च-एव स तस्मात् सर्वम् अर्हति) ॥
jyeṣṭhena jātamātreṇa putrī bhavati mānavaḥ | pitqṇām an.ṛṇaś ca-eva sa tasmāt sarvam arhati) ||
Immediately on the birth of his first-born a man is (called) the father of a son and is freed from the debt to the manes; that (son), therefore, is worthy (to receive) the whole estate.
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यस्मिन्न् ऋणं संनयति) येन च-अनन्त्यम् अश्नुते) । स एव धर्मजः पुत्रः कामजान् इतरान् विदुः) ॥
yasminn ṛṇaṃ saṃnayati) yena ca-anantyam aśnute) | sa eva dharmajaḥ putraḥ kāmajān itarān viduḥ) ||
That son alone on whom he throws his debt and through whom he obtains immortality, is begotten for (the fulfilment of) the law; all the rest they consider the offspring of desire.
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पिता-इव पालयेत्) पूत्रान् ज्येष्ठो भ्रात्क़्ण् यवीयसः । पुत्रवत्-च-अपि वर्तेरन्) ज्येष्ठे भ्रातरि धर्मतः ॥
pitā-iva pālayet) pūtrān jyeṣṭho bhrātqṇ yavīyasaḥ | putravat-ca-api varteran) jyeṣṭhe bhrātari dharmataḥ ||
As a father (supports) his sons, so let the eldest support his younger brothers, and let them also in accordance with the law behave towards their eldest brother as sons (behave towards their father).
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ज्येष्ठः कुलं वर्धयति) विनाशयति) वा पुनः । ज्येष्ठः पूज्यतमो लोके ज्येष्ठः सद्भिर् अगर्हितः ॥
jyeṣṭhaḥ kulaṃ vardhayati) vināśayati) vā punaḥ | jyeṣṭhaḥ pūjyatamo loke jyeṣṭhaḥ sadbhir a.garhitaḥ ||
The eldest (son) makes the family prosperous or, on the contrary, brings it to ruin; the eldest (is considered) among men most worthy of honour, the eldest is not treated with disrespect by the virtuous. no. If the eldest brother behaves as an eldest brother (ought to do), he (must be treated) like a turning ascetic
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यो ज्येष्ठो ज्येष्ठवृत्तिः स्यान्) माता-इव स पिता-इव सः । अज्येष्ठवृत्तिर् यस् तु स्यात्) स संपूज्यस्) तु बन्धुवत् ॥
yo jyeṣṭho jyeṣṭha.vṛttiḥ syān) mātā-iva sa pitā-iva saḥ | a.jyeṣṭhavṛttir yas tu syāt) sa saṃpūjyas) tu bandhuvat ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
एवं सह वसेयुर्) वा पृथग् वा धर्मकाम्यया । पृथग् विवर्धते) धर्मस् तस्माद् धर्म्या पृथक्क्रिया ॥
evaṃ saha vaseyur) vā pṛthag vā dharmakāmyayā | pṛthag vivardhate) dharmas tasmād dharmyā pṛthakkriyā ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
ज्येष्ठस्य विंश उद्धारः सर्वद्रव्याच् च यद् वरम् । ततो ऽअर्धं मध्यमस्य स्यात्) तुरीयं तु यवीयसः ॥
jyeṣṭhasya viṃśa uddhāraḥ sarvadravyāc ca yad varam | tato 'ardhaṃ madhyamasya syāt) turīyaṃ tu yavīyasaḥ ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
ज्येष्ठश् च-एव कनिष्ठश् च संहरेतां) यथाउदितम् । ये ऽअन्ये ज्येष्ठकनिष्ठाभ्यां तेषां स्यान्) मध्यमं धनम् ॥
jyeṣṭhaś ca-eva kaniṣṭhaś ca saṃharetāṃ) yathā.uditam | ye 'anye jyeṣṭha.kaniṣṭhābhyāṃ teṣāṃ syān) madhyamaṃ dhanam ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
सर्वेषां धनजातानाम् आददीत)-अग्र्यम् अग्रजः । यच् च सातिशयं किं चिद् दशतश् च-आप्नुयाद्) वरम् ॥
sarveṣāṃ dhanajātānām ādadīta)-agryam agrajaḥ | yac ca sātiśayaṃ kiṃ cid daśataś ca-āpnuyād) varam ||
Among the goods of every kind the eldest shall take the best (article), and (even a single chattel) which is particularly good, as well as the best of ten (animals). 'Like a kinsman/ i.e. Mike a maternal or paternal uncle'
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उद्धारो न दशस्व् अस्ति) संपन्नानां) स्वकर्मसु । यत् किं चिद् एव देयं) तु ज्यायसे मानवर्धनम् ॥
uddhāro na daśasv asti) saṃpannānāṃ) svakarmasu | yat kiṃ cid eva deyaṃ) tu jyāyase māna.vardhanam ||
But among (brothers) equally skilled in their occupations, there is no additional share, (consisting of the best animal) among ten; some trifle only shall be given to the eldest as a token of respect.
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एवं समुद्धृतौद्धारे समान् अंशान् प्रकल्पयेत्) । उद्धारे ऽअनुद्धृते) त्व् एषाम् इयं स्याद्) अंशकल्पना ॥
evaṃ samuddhṛta.uddhāre samān aṃśān prakalpayet) | uddhāre 'an.uddhṛte) tv eṣām iyaṃ syād) aṃśakalpanā ||
If additional shares are thus deducted, one must allot equal shares (out of the residue to each); but if no deduction is made, the allotment of the shares among them shall be (made) in the following manner.
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एकाधिकं हरेज्) ज्येष्ठः पुत्रो ऽअध्यर्धं ततो ऽअनुजः । अंशम् अंशं यवीयांस इति धर्मो व्यवस्थितः ॥
ekādhikaṃ harej) jyeṣṭhaḥ putro 'adhyardhaṃ tato 'anujaḥ | aṃśam aṃśaṃ yavīyāṃsa iti dharmo vyavasthitaḥ ||
Let the eldest son take one share in excess, the (brother) born next after him one (share) and a half, the younger ones one share each; thus the law is settled.
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स्वेभ्यो ऽअंशेभ्यस् तु कन्याभ्यः प्रदद्युर्) भ्रातरः पृथक् । [म्स्वाभ्यः स्वाभ्यस् तु] स्वात् स्वाद् अंशाच् चतुर्भागं पतिताः स्युर्) अदित्सवः ॥
svebhyo 'aṃśebhyas tu kanyābhyaḥ pradadyur) bhrātaraḥ pṛthak | [M.svābhyaḥ svābhyas tu] svāt svād aṃśāc caturbhāgaṃ patitāḥ syur) aditsavaḥ ||
But to the maiden (sisters) the brothers shall severally give (portions) out of their shares, each out of his share one-fourth part; those who refuse to give (it), will become outcasts. ' The best of ten animals/ thus
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अजआविकं सएकशफं न जातु विषमं भजेत्) । [मजआविकं च-एकशफं] अजआविकं तु विषमं ज्येष्ठस्य-एव विधीयते) ॥
aja.āvikaṃ sa.ekaśaphaṃ na jātu viṣamaṃ bhajet) | [M.aja.āvikaṃ ca-ekaśaphaṃ] aja.āvikaṃ tu viṣamaṃ jyeṣṭhasya-eva vidhīyate) ||
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
यवीयान्-ज्येष्ठभार्यायां पुत्रम् उत्पादयेद्) यदि । समस् तत्र विभागः स्याद्) इति धर्मो व्यवस्थितः ॥
yavīyān-jyeṣṭhabhāryāyāṃ putram utpādayed) yadi | samas tatra vibhāgaḥ syād) iti dharmo vyavasthitaḥ ||
If a younger brother begets a son on the wife of the elder, the division must then be made equally; thus the law is settled. mentators the meaning is that, if a man leaves children by wives of different castes, the brothers are to provide for the dowry of the unmarried sisters of the same caste, i. e. a Brahmawa's sons by a Brahmawa wife for the daughters of the latter, the sons by a Kshatriya wife for the daughters of the latter, &c. This meaning is more clearly expressed by
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