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Manu-Smrti 9

उपसर्जनं प्रधानस्य धर्मतो न-उपपद्यते) । पिता प्रधानं प्रजने तस्माद् धर्मेण तं भजेत्) ॥

upasarjanaṃ pradhānasya dharmato na-upapadyate) | pitā pradhānaṃ prajane tasmād dharmeṇa taṃ bhajet) ||

The representative (the son begotten on the wife) is not invested with the right of the principal (the eldest brother to an additional share); the principal (became) a father on the procreation (of a son by his younger brother); hence one should give a share to the (son begotten on the wife of the elder brother) according to the rule (stated above).

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पुत्रः कनिष्ठो ज्येष्ठायां कनिष्ठायां च पूर्वजः । कथं तत्र विभागः स्याद्) इति चेत् संशयो भवेत्) ॥

putraḥ kaniṣṭho jyeṣṭhāyāṃ kaniṣṭhāyāṃ ca pūrvajaḥ | kathaṃ tatra vibhāgaḥ syād) iti cet saṃśayo bhavet) ||

If there be a doubt, how the division shall be made, in case the younger son is born of the elder wife and the elder son of the younger wife,

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एकं वृषभम् उद्धारं संहरेत) स पूर्वजः । ततो ऽअपरे ज्येष्ठवृषास् तदूनानां स्वमातृतः ॥

ekaṃ vṛṣabham uddhāraṃ saṃhareta) sa pūrvajaḥ | tato 'apare jyeṣṭhavṛṣās tad.ūnānāṃ svamātṛtaḥ ||

(Then the son) born of the first wife shall above, verse 104, brothers (i.e. sons of the deceased) only are named, grandsons inherit, also according to Manu, just like sons and with sons; see also below, verse 186.

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ज्येष्ठस् तु जातो) ज्येष्ठायां हरेद्) वृषभषोडशाः । ततः स्वमातृतः शेषा भजेरन्न्) इति धारणा ॥

jyeṣṭhas tu jāto) jyeṣṭhāyāṃ hared) vṛṣabha.ṣoḍaśāḥ | tataḥ svamātṛtaḥ śeṣā bhajerann) iti dhāraṇā ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

सदृशस्त्रीषु जातानां पुत्राणाम् अविशेषतः । न मातृतो ज्यैष्ठ्यम् अस्ति) जन्मतो ज्यैष्ठ्यम् उच्यते) ॥

sadṛśastrīṣu jātānāṃ putrāṇām aviśeṣataḥ | na mātṛto jyaiṣṭhyam asti) janmato jyaiṣṭhyam ucyate) ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

जन्मज्येष्ठेन च-आह्वानं सुब्रह्मण्यास्व् अपि स्मृतम् । यमयोश् च-एव गर्भेषु जन्मतो ज्येष्ठता स्मृता ॥

janmajyeṣṭhena ca-āhvānaṃ subrahmaṇyāsv api smṛtam | yamayoś ca-eva garbheṣu janmato jyeṣṭhatā smṛtā ||

And with respect to the Subrahma^ya. (texts) also it is recorded that the invocation (of Indra shall be made) by the first-born, of twins likewise, (conceived at one time) in the wombs (of their mothers) the seniority is declared (to depend) on (actual) birth.

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अपुत्रो ऽअनेन विधिना सुतां कुर्वीत पुत्रिकाम् । यद् अपत्यं भवेद्) अस्यां तन् मम स्यात्) स्वधाकरम् ॥

a.putro 'anena vidhinā sutāṃ kurvīta putrikām | yad apatyaṃ bhaved) asyāṃ tan mama syāt) svadhākaram ||

He who has no son may make his daughter in the following manner an appointed daughter (putrika, saying to her husband), 'The (male) child, born of her, shall perform my funeral rites.'

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अनेन तु विधानेन पुरा चक्रे) ऽअथ पुत्रिकाः । विवृद्ध्यर्थं स्ववंशस्य स्वयं दक्षः प्रजापतिः ॥

anena tu vidhānena purā cakre) 'atha putrikāḥ | vivṛddhyarthaṃ svavaṃśasya svayaṃ dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

ददौ) स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश । सोमाय राज्ञे सत्कृत्य) प्रीतआत्मा सप्तविंशतिम् ॥

dadau) sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa | somāya rājñe satkṛtya) prīta.ātmā saptaviṃśatim ||

He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kasyapa, twenty-seven to King Soma, honouring (them) with an affectionate heart.

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यथा-एव-आत्मा तथा पुत्रः पुत्रेण दुहिता समा । तस्याम् आत्मनि तिष्ठन्त्यां) कथम् अन्यो धनं हरेत्) ॥

yathā-eva-ātmā tathā putraḥ putreṇa duhitā samā | tasyām ātmani tiṣṭhantyāṃ) katham anyo dhanaṃ haret) ||

A son is even (as) oneself, (such) a daughter is equal to a son; how can another (heir) take the estate, while such (an appointed daughter who is even) oneself, lives?

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मातुस् तु यौतकं यत् स्यात्) कुमारीभाग एव सः । दौहित्र एव च हरेद्) अपुत्रस्य-अखिलं धनम् ॥

mātus tu yautakaṃ yat syāt) kumārībhāga eva saḥ | dauhitra eva ca hared) a.putrasya-akhilaṃ dhanam ||

But whatever may be the separate property of the mother, that is the share of the unmarried daughter alone; and the son of an (appointed) daughter shall take the whole estate of (his maternal grandfather) who leaves no son.

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दौहित्रो ह्य् अखिलं रिक्थम् अपुत्रस्य पितुर् हरेत्) । स एव दद्याद्) द्वौ पिण्डौ पित्रे मातामहाय च ॥

dauhitro hy a.khilaṃ riktham a.putrasya pitur haret) | sa eva dadyād) dvau piṇḍau pitre mātāmahāya ca ||

The son of an (appointed) daughter, indeed, shall (also) take the estate of his (own) father, who leaves no (other) son; he shall (then) present two funeral cakes to his own father and to his maternal grandfather.

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पौत्रदौहित्रयोर् लोके न विशेषो ऽअस्ति) धर्मतः । तयोर् हि मातापितरौ संभूतौ) तस्य देहतः ॥

pautra.dauhitrayor loke na viśeṣo 'asti) dharmataḥ | tayor hi mātā.pitarau saṃbhūtau) tasya dehataḥ ||

Between a son's son and the son of an (appointed) daughter there is no difference, neither with respect to worldly matters nor to sacred duties; for their father and mother both sprang from the body of the same (man).

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पुत्रिकायां कृतायां तु यदि पुत्रो ऽअनुजायते) । समस् तत्र विभागः स्यात्)-ज्येष्ठता न-अस्ति) हि स्त्रियाः ॥

putrikāyāṃ kṛtāyāṃ tu yadi putro 'anujāyate) | samas tatra vibhāgaḥ syāt)-jyeṣṭhatā na-asti) hi striyāḥ ||

But if, after a daughter has been appointed, a son be born (to her father), the division (of the inheritance) must in that (case) be equal; for there is no right of primogeniture for a woman.. But if an appointed daughter by accident dies without (leaving) a son, the husband of the appointed daughter may, without hesitation, take that estate. father's family. Kumari, ' an unmarried daughter'

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अपुत्रायां मृतायां तु पुत्रिकायां कथं चन । धनं तत् पुत्रिकाभर्ता हरेत)-एव-अविचारयन्) ॥

a.putrāyāṃ mṛtāyāṃ tu putrikāyāṃ kathaṃ cana | dhanaṃ tat putrikābhartā hareta)-eva-a.vicārayan) ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

अकृता वा कृता वा-अपि यं विन्देत्) सदृशात् सुतम् । पौत्री मातामहस् तेन दद्यात्) पिण्डं हरेद्) धनम् ॥

akṛtā vā kṛtā vā-api yaṃ vindet) sadṛśāt sutam | pautrī mātāmahas tena dadyāt) piṇḍaṃ hared) dhanam ||

Through that son whom (a daughter), either not appointed or appointed, may bear to (a husband) of equal (caste), his maternal grandfather (has) a son's son; he shall present the funeral cake and take the estate.

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पुत्रेण लोकान्-जयति) पौत्रेण-आनन्त्यम् अश्नुते) । अथ पुत्रस्य पौत्रेण ब्रध्नस्य-आप्नोति) विष्टपम् ॥

putreṇa lokān-jayati) pautreṇa-ānantyam aśnute) | atha putrasya pautreṇa bradhnasya-āpnoti) viṣṭapam ||

Through a son he conquers the worlds, through a son's son he obtains immortality, but through his son's grandson he gains the world of the sun.

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पुत्नाम्नो नरकाद् यस्मात् त्रायते) पितरं सुतः । तस्मात् पुत्र इति प्रोक्तः) स्वयम् एव स्वयंभुवा ॥

put.nāmno narakād yasmāt trāyate) pitaraṃ sutaḥ | tasmāt putra iti proktaḥ) svayam eva svayaṃbhuvā ||

Because a son delivers (trayate) his father from the hell called Put, he was therefore called put-tra (a deliverer from Put) by the Self-existent (Svayambhu) himself.

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पौत्रदौहित्रयोर् लोके विशेषो न-उपपद्यते) । दौहित्रो ऽअपि ह्य् अमुत्र-एनं संतारयति) पौत्रवत् ॥

pautra.dauhitrayor loke viśeṣo na-upapadyate) | dauhitro 'api hy amutra-enaṃ saṃtārayati) pautravat ||

Between a son's son and the son of a daughter there exists in this world no difference; for even the son of a daughter saves him (who has no sons) in the next world, like the son's son.

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मातुः प्रथमतः पिण्डं निर्वपेत्) पुत्रिकासुतः । द्वितीयं तु पितुस् तस्यास् तृतीयं तत्पितुः पितुः ॥

mātuḥ prathamataḥ piṇḍaṃ nirvapet) putrikāsutaḥ | dvitīyaṃ tu pitus tasyās tṛtīyaṃ tatpituḥ pituḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

उपपन्नो गुणैः सर्वैः पुत्रो यस्य तु दत्त्रिमः । स हरेत)-एव तद्रिक्थं संप्राप्तो) ऽअप्य् अन्यगोत्रतः ॥

upapanno guṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ putro yasya tu dattrimaḥ | sa hareta)-eva tadrikthaṃ saṃprāpto) 'apy anyagotrataḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

गोत्ररिक्थे जनयितुर् न हरेद्) दत्त्रिमः क्व चित् । गोत्ररिक्थानुगः पिण्डो व्यपैति) ददतः) स्वधा ॥

gotra.rikthe janayitur na hared) dattrimaḥ kva cit | gotra.rikthānugaḥ piṇḍo vyapaiti) dadataḥ) svadhā ||

An adopted son shall never take the family (name) and the estate of his natural father; the funeral cake follows the family (name) and the estate, the funeral offerings of him who gives (his son in adoption) cease (as far as that son is concerned). son of a daughter,' means here also 'the son of an appointed daughter.'

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अनियुक्तासुतश् च-एव पुत्रिण्या-आप्तश् च देवरात् । उभौ तौ न-अर्हतो) भागं जारजातककामजौ ॥

aniyuktāsutaś ca-eva putriṇyā-āptaś ca devarāt | ubhau tau na-arhato) bhāgaṃ jārajātaka.kāmajau ||

The son of a wife, not appointed (to have issue by another), and he whom (an appointed female, already) the mother of a son, bears to her brother-in-law, are both unworthy of a share, (one being) the son of an adulterer and (the other) produced through (mere) lust.

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नियुक्तायाम् अपि पुमान् नार्यां जातो ऽअविधानतः । न-एव-अर्हः पैतृकं रिक्थं पतितौत्पादितो हि सः ॥

niyuktāyām api pumān nāryāṃ jāto 'avidhānataḥ | na-eva-arhaḥ paitṛkaṃ rikthaṃ patita.utpādito hi saḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

हरेत्) तत्र नियुक्तायां जातः पुत्रो यथा-औरसः । क्षेत्रिकस्य तु तद् बीजं धर्मतः प्रसवश् च सः ॥

haret) tatra niyuktāyāṃ jātaḥ putro yathā-aurasaḥ | kṣetrikasya tu tad bījaṃ dharmataḥ prasavaś ca saḥ ||

A son (legally) begotten on such an appointed female shall inherit like a legitimate son of the body; for that seed and the produce belong, according to the law, to the owner of the soil.

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धनं यो बिभृयाद्) भ्रातुर् मृतस्य स्त्रियम् एव च । सो ऽअपत्यं भ्रातुर् उत्पाद्य) दद्यात्) तस्य-एव तद्धनम् ॥

dhanaṃ yo bibhṛyād) bhrātur mṛtasya striyam eva ca | so 'apatyaṃ bhrātur utpādya) dadyāt) tasya-eva taddhanam ||

He who takes care of his deceased brother's estate and of his widow, shall, after raising up a son for his brother, give that property even to that (son).

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या नियुक्ता-अन्यतः पुत्रं देवराद् वा-अप्य् अवाप्नुयात्) । तं कामजम् अरिक्थीयं वृथाउत्पन्नं प्रचक्षते) ॥ [म्मिथ्याउत्पन्नं ]

yā niyuktā-anyataḥ putraṃ devarād vā-apy avāpnuyāt) | taṃ kāmajam a.rikthīyaṃ vṛthā.utpannaṃ pracakṣate) || [M.mithyā.utpannaṃ ]

If a woman (duly) appointed bears a son to her brother-in-law or to another (Sapiṇḍa), that (son, if he is) begotten through desire, they declare (to be) incapable of inheriting and to be produced in vain.

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एतद् विधानं विज्ञेयं विभागस्य-एकयोनिषु । बह्वीषु च-एकजातानां नानास्त्रीषु निबोधत) ॥

etad vidhānaṃ vijñeyaṃ vibhāgasya-ekayoniṣu | bahvīṣu ca-ekajātānāṃ nānāstrīṣu nibodhata) ||

The rules (given above) must be understood (to apply) to a distribution among sons of women of the same (caste); hear (now the law) concerning

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ब्राह्मणस्य-अनुपूर्व्येण चतस्रस् तु यदि स्त्रियः । तासां पुत्रेषु जातेषु विभागे ऽअयं विधिः स्मृतः) ॥

brāhmaṇasya-anupūrvyeṇa catasras tu yadi striyaḥ | tāsāṃ putreṣu jāteṣu vibhāge 'ayaṃ vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ) ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

कीनाशो गोवृषो यानम् अलङ्कारश् च वेश्म च । विप्रस्य-औद्धारिकं देयम्) एकांशश् च प्रधानतः ॥

kīnāśo govṛṣo yānam alaṅkāraś ca veśma ca | viprasya-auddhārikaṃ deyam) ekāṃśaś ca pradhānataḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

त्र्यंशं दायाद्द् हरेद्) विप्रो द्वाव् अंशौ क्षत्रियासुतः । वैश्याजः सअर्धम् एव-अंशम् अंशं शूद्रासुतो हरेत् ॥

tryaṃśaṃ dāyādd hared) vipro dvāv aṃśau kṣatriyāsutaḥ | vaiśyājaḥ sa.ardham eva-aṃśam aṃśaṃ śūdrāsuto haret ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

सर्वं वा रिक्थजातं तद् दशधा परिकल्प्य) च । धर्म्यं विभागं कुर्वीत) विधिना-अनेन धर्मवित् ॥

sarvaṃ vā rikthajātaṃ tad daśadhā parikalpya) ca | dharmyaṃ vibhāgaṃ kurvīta) vidhinā-anena dharmavit ||

Or let him who knows the law make, ten shares of the whole estate, and justly distribute them according to the following rule: 149-156. Gaut XXVIII, 35-39;

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चतुरो ऽअंशान् हरेद्) विप्रस् त्रीन् अंशान् क्षत्रियासुतः । वैश्यापुत्रो हरेद्) द्व्यंशं अंशं शूद्रासुतो हरेत् ।

caturo 'aṃśān hared) vipras trīn aṃśān kṣatriyāsutaḥ | vaiśyāputro hared) dvyaṃśaṃ aṃśaṃ śūdrāsuto haret |

The Brāhmaṇa (son) shall take four shares, the son of the Kshatriya (wife) three, the son of the Vaiśya. shall have two parts, the son of the.SMra may take one share.

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यद्य् अपि स्यात् तु सत्पुत्रो ऽप्य् असत्पुत्रो ऽपि वा भवेत् । [म्यद्य् अपि स्यात्) तु सत्पुत्रो यद्य् अपुत्रो ऽपि वा भवेत् ।] न-अधिकं दशमाद् दद्यात्)-शूद्रापुत्राय धर्मतः ॥

yady api syāt tu sat.putro 'py asat.putro 'pi vā bhavet | [M.yady api syāt) tu sat.putro yady a.putro 'pi vā bhavet |] na-adhikaṃ daśamād dadyāt)-śūdrāputrāya dharmataḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्रापुत्रो न रिक्थभाक् । यद् एव-अस्य पिता दद्यात्) तद् एव-अस्य धनं भवेत्) ॥

brāhmaṇa.kṣatriya.viśāṃ śūdrāputro na rikthabhāk | yad eva-asya pitā dadyāt) tad eva-asya dhanaṃ bhavet) ||

The son of a Brāhmaṇa, a Kshatriya, and a Vaisya by a Śudra (wife) receives no share of the inheritance; whatever his father may give to him, that shall be his property.

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समवर्णासु वा जाताः सर्वे पुत्रा द्विजन्मनाम् । उद्धारं ज्यायसे दत्त्वा) भजेरन्न्) इतरे समम् ॥

sama.varṇāsu vā jātāḥ sarve putrā dvijanmanām | uddhāraṃ jyāyase dattvā) bhajerann) itare samam ||

All the sons of twice-born men, born of wives of the same caste, shall equally divide the estate, after the others have given to the eldest an additional share.

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शूद्रस्य तु सवर्णा-एव न-अन्या भार्या विधीयते) । तस्यां जाताः समअंशाः स्युर्) यदि पुत्रशतं भवेत्) ॥

śūdrasya tu savarṇā-eva na-anyā bhāryā vidhīyate) | tasyāṃ jātāḥ sama.aṃśāḥ syur) yadi putraśataṃ bhavet) ||

For a Śūdra is ordained a wife of his own caste only (and) no other; those born of her shall have equal shares, even if there be a hundred sons.

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पुत्रान् द्वादश यान् आह न्क़्णां स्वायंभुवो मनुः । तेषां षड् बन्धुदायादाः षड् अदायादबान्धवाः ॥

putrān dvādaśa yān āha nqṇāṃ svāyaṃbhuvo manuḥ | teṣāṃ ṣaḍ bandhu.dāyādāḥ ṣaḍ adāyāda.bāndhavāḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

औरसः क्षेत्रजश् च-एव दत्तः कृत्रिम एव च । गूढौत्पन्नो ऽअपविद्धश् च दायादा बान्धवाश् च षट् ॥

aurasaḥ kṣetrajaś ca-eva dattaḥ kṛtrima eva ca | gūḍha.utpanno 'apaviddhaś ca dāyādā bāndhavāś ca ṣaṭ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

कानीनश् च सहोढश् च क्रीतः पौनर्भवस् तथा । स्वयंदत्तश् च शौद्रश् च षड् अदायादबान्धवाः ॥

kānīnaś ca sahoḍhaś ca krītaḥ paunarbhavas tathā | svayaṃdattaś ca śaudraś ca ṣaḍ adāyāda.bāndhavāḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

यादृशं फलम् आप्नोति) कुप्लवैः संतरन्)- जलम् । तादृशं फलम् आप्नोति) कुपुत्रैः संतरंस्) तमः ॥

yādṛśaṃ phalam āpnoti) kuplavaiḥ saṃtaran)- jalam | tādṛśaṃ phalam āpnoti) kuputraiḥ saṃtaraṃs) tamaḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

यद्य् एकरिक्थिनौ स्याताम्) औरसक्षेत्रजौ सुतौ । यस्य यत् पैतृकं रिक्थं स तद् गृह्णीत) न-इतरः ॥

yady ekarikthinau syātām) aurasa.kṣetrajau sutau | yasya yat paitṛkaṃ rikthaṃ sa tad gṛhṇīta) na-itaraḥ ||

If the two heirs of one man be a legitimate 158-159.

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एक एव-औरसः पुत्रः पित्र्यस्य वसुनः प्रभुः । शेषाणाम् आनृशंस्यार्थं प्रदद्यात्) तु प्रजीवनम् ॥

eka eva-aurasaḥ putraḥ pitryasya vasunaḥ prabhuḥ | śeṣāṇām ānṛśaṃsyārthaṃ pradadyāt) tu prajīvanam ||

The legitimate son of the body alone (shall be) the owner of the paternal estate; but, in order to avoid harshness, let him allow a maintenance to the rest.

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षष्ठं तु क्षेत्रजस्य-अंशं प्रदद्यात्) पैतृकाद् धनात् । औरसो विभजन्) दायं पित्र्यं पञ्चमम् एव वा ॥

ṣaṣṭhaṃ tu kṣetrajasya-aṃśaṃ pradadyāt) paitṛkād dhanāt | auraso vibhajan) dāyaṃ pitryaṃ pañcamam eva vā ||

But when the legitimate son of the body divides the paternal estate, he shall give one-sixth or one-fifth part of his fathers property to the son begotten on the wife. the rule refers to the case where a legitimate son and the son of a wife not appointed both claim the inheritance. But ' others,' quoted by

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औरसक्षेत्रजौ पुत्रौ पितृरिक्थस्य भागिनौ । दश-अपरे तु क्रमशो गोत्ररिक्थांशभागिनः ॥

aurasa.kṣetrajau putrau pitṛrikthasya bhāginau | daśa-apare tu kramaśo gotra.rikthāṃśabhāginaḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

स्वक्षेत्रे संस्कृतायां तु स्वयम् उत्पादयेद्द्) हि यम् । तम् औरसं विजानीयात्) पुत्रं प्राथमकल्पिकम् ॥

svakṣetre saṃskṛtāyāṃ tu svayam utpādayedd) hi yam | tam aurasaṃ vijānīyāt) putraṃ prāthamakalpikam ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

यस् तल्पजः प्रमीतस्य क्लीबस्य व्याधितस्य वा । स्वधर्मेण नियुक्तायां स पुत्रः क्षेत्रजः स्मृतः ॥

yas talpajaḥ pramītasya klībasya vyādhitasya vā | svadharmeṇa niyuktāyāṃ sa putraḥ kṣetrajaḥ smṛtaḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

माता पिता वा दद्यातां) यम् अद्भिः पुत्रम् आपदि । सदृशं प्रीतिसंयुक्तं स ज्ञेयो) दत्त्रिमः सुतः ॥

mātā pitā vā dadyātāṃ) yam adbhiḥ putram āpadi | sadṛśaṃ prītisaṃyuktaṃ sa jñeyo) dattrimaḥ sutaḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

सदृशं तु प्रकुर्याद्) यं गुणदोषविचक्षणम् । पुत्रं पुत्रगुणैर् युक्तं स विज्ञेयश्) च कृत्रिमः ॥

sadṛśaṃ tu prakuryād) yaṃ guṇa.doṣa.vicakṣaṇam | putraṃ putraguṇair yuktaṃ sa vijñeyaś) ca kṛtrimaḥ ||

But he is considered a son made (KWtrima) whom (a man) makes his son, (he being) equal (by caste), acquainted with (the distinctions between) right and wrong, (and) endowed with filial virtues.. If (a child) be born in a man's house and his father be not known, he is a son born secretly in the house (Gudhotpanna), and shall belong to him of whose wife he was born.

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उत्पद्यते) गृहे यस् तु न च ज्ञायेत) कस्य सः । स गृहे गूढ उत्पन्नस् तस्य स्याद्) यस्य तल्पजः ॥

utpadyate) gṛhe yas tu na ca jñāyeta) kasya saḥ | sa gṛhe gūḍha utpannas tasya syād) yasya talpajaḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

मातापितृभ्याम् उत्सृष्टं) तयोर् अन्यतरेण वा । यं पुत्रं परिगृह्णीयाद्) अपविद्धः स उच्यते) ॥

mātā.pitṛbhyām utsṛṣṭaṃ) tayor anyatareṇa vā | yaṃ putraṃ parigṛhṇīyād) apaviddhaḥ sa ucyate) ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

पितृवेश्मनि कन्या तु यं पुत्रं जनयेद्) रहः । तं कानीनं वदेन्) नाम्ना वोढुः कन्यासमुद्भवम् ॥

pitṛveśmani kanyā tu yaṃ putraṃ janayed) rahaḥ | taṃ kānīnaṃ vaden) nāmnā voḍhuḥ kanyā.samudbhavam ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

या गर्भिणी संस्क्रियते) ज्ञाताअज्ञाता-अपि वा सती । वोढुः स गर्भो भवति) सहोढ इति च-उच्यते) ॥

yā garbhiṇī saṃskriyate) jñātā.ajñātā-api vā satī | voḍhuḥ sa garbho bhavati) sahoḍha iti ca-ucyate) ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

क्रीणीयाद्) यस् त्व् अपत्यार्थं मातापित्रोर् यम् अन्तिकात् । स क्रीतकः सुतस् तस्य सदृशो ऽअसदृशो ऽअपि वा ॥

krīṇīyād) yas tv apatyārthaṃ mātā.pitror yam antikāt | sa krītakaḥ sutas tasya sadṛśo 'asadṛśo 'api vā ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

या पत्या वा परित्यक्ता विधवा वा स्वया-इच्छया । उत्पादयेत्) पुनर् भूत्वा) स पौनर्भव उच्यते) ॥

yā patyā vā parityaktā vidhavā vā svayā-icchayā | utpādayet) punar bhūtvā) sa paunarbhava ucyate) ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

सा चेद् अक्षतयोनिः स्याद् गतप्रत्यागता-अपि वा । पौनर्भवेन भर्त्रा सा पुनः संस्कारम् अर्हति) ॥

sā ced akṣata.yoniḥ syād gata.pratyāgatā-api vā | paunarbhavena bhartrā sā punaḥ saṃskāram arhati) ||

If she be (still) a virgin, or one who returned (to her first husband) after leaving him, she is worthy to again perform with her second (or first deserted) husband the (nuptial) ceremony. tress of the parents, or the commission of some fault on the part of the boy

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मातापितृविहीनो यस् त्यक्तो वा स्याद्) अकारणात् । आत्मानम् अर्पयेद्) यस्मै स्वयंदत्तस् तु स स्मृतः ॥

mātā.pitṛ.vihīno yas tyakto vā syād) akāraṇāt | ātmānam arpayed) yasmai svayaṃdattas tu sa smṛtaḥ ||

He who, having lost his parents or being abandoned (by them) without (just) cause, gives himself to a (man), is called a son self-given (Svayawdatta).

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यं ब्राह्मणस् तु शूद्रायां कामाद् उत्पादयेत्) सुतम् । स पारयन्न्) एव शवस् तस्मात् पारशवः स्मृतः ॥

yaṃ brāhmaṇas tu śūdrāyāṃ kāmād utpādayet) sutam | sa pārayann) eva śavas tasmāt pāraśavaḥ smṛtaḥ ||

The son whom a Brāhmaṇa begets through lust j\ on a 6"udra female is, (though) alive (parayan), a corpse (5a va), and hence called a Parasava (a living corpse).

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दास्यां वा दासदास्यां वा यः शूद्रस्य सुतो भवेत्) । सो ऽअनुज्ञातो हरेद्) अंशम् इति धर्मो व्यवस्थितः ॥

dāsyāṃ vā dāsadāsyāṃ vā yaḥ śūdrasya suto bhavet) | so 'anujñāto hared) aṃśam iti dharmo vyavasthitaḥ ||

A son who is (begotten) by a Śudra on a female slave, or on the female slave of his slave, may, if permitted (by his father), take a share (of the inheritance); thus the law is settled.

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क्षेत्रजआदीन् सुतान् एतान् एकादश यथाउदितान् । पुत्रप्रतिनिधीन् आहुः) क्रियालोपान् मनीषिणः ॥

kṣetraja.ādīn sutān etān ekādaśa yathā.uditān | putrapratinidhīn āhuḥ) kriyālopān manīṣiṇaḥ ||

These eleven, the son begotten on the wife and the rest as enumerated (above), the wise call substitutes for a son, (taken) in order (to prevent) a failure of the (funeral) ceremonies.

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य एते ऽअभिहिताः पुत्राः प्रसङ्गाद् अन्यबीजजाः । यस्य ते बीजतो जातास्) तस्य ते न-इतरस्य तु ॥

ya ete 'abhihitāḥ putrāḥ prasaṅgād anyabījajāḥ | yasya te bījato jātās) tasya te na-itarasya tu ||

Those sons, who have been mentioned in connection with (the legitimate son of the body), virgin, is unworthy of the sacrament'

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भ्रात्क़्णाम् एकजातानाम् एकश् चेत् पुत्रवान् भवेत्) । सर्वांस् तांस् तेन पुत्रेण पुत्रिणो मनुर् अब्रवीत्) ॥

bhrātqṇām ekajātānām ekaś cet putravān bhavet) | sarvāṃs tāṃs tena putreṇa putriṇo manur abravīt) ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

सर्वासाम् एकपत्नीनाम् एका चेत् पुत्रिणी भवेत्) । सर्वास् तास् तेन पुत्रेण प्राह) पुत्रवतीर् मनुः ॥

sarvāsām eka.patnīnām ekā cet putriṇī bhavet) | sarvās tās tena putreṇa prāha) putravatīr manuḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

श्रेयसः श्रेयसो ऽअलाभे पापीयान् रिक्थम् अर्हति) । बहवश् चेत् तु सदृशाः सर्वे रिक्थस्य भागिनः ।

śreyasaḥ śreyaso 'alābhe pāpīyān riktham arhati) | bahavaś cet tu sadṛśāḥ sarve rikthasya bhāginaḥ |

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

न भ्रातरो न पितरः पुत्रा रिक्थहराः पितुः ॥ पिता हरेद् अपुत्रस्य रिक्थं भ्रातर एव च ।

na bhrātaro na pitaraḥ putrā rikthaharāḥ pituḥ || pitā hared a.putrasya rikthaṃ bhrātara eva ca |

Not brothers, nor fathers, (but) sons take the paternal estate; but the father shall take the inheritance of (a son) who leaves no male issue, and his brothers. be taken, if there is a legitimate son

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त्रयाणाम् उदकं कार्यं त्रिषु पिण्डः प्रवर्तते) । चतुर्थः संप्रदाता-एषां पञ्चमो न-उपपद्यते) ।

trayāṇām udakaṃ kāryaṃ triṣu piṇḍaḥ pravartate) | caturthaḥ saṃpradātā-eṣāṃ pañcamo na-upapadyate) |

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

अनन्तरः सपिण्डाद् यस् तस्य तस्य धनं भवेत्) । अत ऊर्ध्वं सकुल्यः स्याद्) आचार्यः शिष्य एव वा ॥

anantaraḥ sapiṇḍād yas tasya tasya dhanaṃ bhavet) | ata ūrdhvaṃ sakulyaḥ syād) ācāryaḥ śiṣya eva vā ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

सर्वेषाम् अप्य् अभावे तु ब्राह्मणा रिक्थभागिनः । त्रैविद्याः शुचयो दान्तास् तथा धर्मो न हीयते) ॥

sarveṣām apy abhāve tu brāhmaṇā rikthabhāginaḥ | traividyāḥ śucayo dāntās tathā dharmo na hīyate) ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

अहार्यं ब्राह्मणद्रव्यं राज्ञा नित्यम् इति स्थितिः । इतरेषां तु वर्णानां सर्वअभावे हरेन्) नृपः ॥

a.hāryaṃ brāhmaṇadravyaṃ rājñā nityam iti sthitiḥ | itareṣāṃ tu varṇānāṃ sarva.abhāve haren) nṛpaḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

संस्थितस्य-अनपत्यस्य सगोत्रात् पुत्रम् आहरेत्) ॥ तत्र यद् रिक्थजातं स्यात्) तत् तस्मिन् प्रतिपादयेत्) ।

saṃsthitasya-an.apatyasya sagotrāt putram āharet) || tatra yad rikthajātaṃ syāt) tat tasmin pratipādayet) |

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

द्वौ तु यौ विवदेयातां) द्वाभ्यां जातौ स्त्रिया धने । तयोर् यद् यस्य पित्र्यं स्यात्) तत् स गृह्णीत) न-इतरः ॥

dvau tu yau vivadeyātāṃ) dvābhyāṃ jātau striyā dhane | tayor yad yasya pitryaṃ syāt) tat sa gṛhṇīta) na-itaraḥ ||

But if two (sons), begotten by two (different men), contend for the property (in the hands) of their mother, each shall take, to the exclusion of the other, what belonged to his father.

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जनन्यां संस्थितायां तु समं सर्वे सहौदराः । भजेरन्) मातृकं रिक्थं भगिन्यश् च सनाभयः ॥

jananyāṃ saṃsthitāyāṃ tu samaṃ sarve saha.udarāḥ | bhajeran) mātṛkaṃ rikthaṃ bhaginyaś ca sa.nābhayaḥ ||

But when the mother has died, all the uterine brothers and the uterine sisters shall equally divide the mother's estate.

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यास् तासां स्युर्) दुहितरस् तासाम् अपि यथार्हतः ।[ःतस्यां] मातामह्या धनात् किं चित् प्रदेयं प्रीतिपूर्वकम् ॥

yās tāsāṃ syur) duhitaras tāsām api yathārhataḥ |[ḥ.tasyāṃ] mātāmahyā dhanāt kiṃ cit pradeyaṃ prītipūrvakam ||

Even to the daughters of those (daughters) something should be given, as is seemly, out of the estate of their maternal grandmother, on the score of affection.

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अध्यग्निअध्यावाहनिकं दत्तं च प्रीतिकर्मणि । भ्रातृमातृपितृप्राप्तं षड्विधं स्त्रीधनं स्मृतम् ॥

adhyagni.adhyāvāhanikaṃ dattaṃ ca prītikarmaṇi | bhrātṛ.mātṛ.pitṛprāptaṃ ṣaḍvidhaṃ strīdhanaṃ smṛtam ||

What (was given) before the (nuptial) fire, what (was given) on the bridal procession, what was the hands of the wife, she is to make over the entire property of her first husband to his son, and the property of the second husband to the son of the latter.

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अन्वाधेयं च यद् दत्तं पत्या प्रीतेन च-एव यत् । पत्यौ जीवति वृत्तायाः प्रजायास् तद् धनं भवेत्) ॥

anvādheyaṃ ca yad dattaṃ patyā prītena ca-eva yat | patyau jīvati vṛttāyāḥ prajāyās tad dhanaṃ bhavet) ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

ब्राह्मदैवआर्षगान्धर्वप्राजापत्येषु यद् वसु । अप्रजायाम् अतीतायां भर्तुर् एव तद् इष्यते) ॥

brāhma.daiva.ārṣa.gāndharva.prājāpatyeṣu yad vasu | a.prajāyām atītāyāṃ bhartur eva tad iṣyate) ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

यत् त्व् अस्याः स्याद्) धनं दत्तं विवाहेष्व् आसुरआदिषु । अप्रजायाम् अतीतायां मातापित्रोस् तद् इष्यते) ॥

yat tv asyāḥ syād) dhanaṃ dattaṃ vivāheṣv āsura.ādiṣu | a.prajāyām atītāyāṃ mātā.pitros tad iṣyate) ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

स्त्रियां तु यद् भवेद्) वित्तं पित्रा दत्तं कथं चन । ब्राह्मणी तद्द् हरेत्) कन्या तदपत्यस्य वा भवेत्) ॥

striyāṃ tu yad bhaved) vittaṃ pitrā dattaṃ kathaṃ cana | brāhmaṇī tadd haret) kanyā tadapatyasya vā bhavet) ||

Whatever property may have been given by her father to a wife (who has co-wives of different castes), that the daughter (of the) Brāhmaṇī (wife) shall take, or that (daughter's) issue.

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न निर्हारं स्त्रियः कुर्युः) कुटुम्बाद् बहुमध्यगात् । x स्वकाद् अपि च वित्ताद्द् हि स्वस्य भर्तुर् अनाज्ञया ॥

na nirhāraṃ striyaḥ kuryuḥ) kuṭumbād bahumadhyagāt | x svakād api ca vittādd hi svasya bhartur anājñayā ||

Women should never make a hoard from (the property of) their families which is common to many, nor from their own (husbands' particular) property without permission.

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पत्यौ जीवति यः स्त्रीभिर् अलङ्कारो धृतो भवेत्) । न तं भजेरन्) दायादा भजमानाः) पतन्ति) ते ॥

patyau jīvati yaḥ strībhir alaṅkāro dhṛto bhavet) | na taṃ bhajeran) dāyādā bhajamānāḥ) patanti) te ||

The ornaments which may have been worn by women during their husbands' lifetime, his heirs shall not divide; those who divide them become outcasts.

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अनंशौ क्लीबपतितौ जात्यन्धबधिरौ तथा । उन्मत्तजडमूकाश् च ये च के चिन् निरिन्द्रियाः ॥

an.aṃśau klība.patitau jātyandha.badhirau tathā | unmatta.jaḍa.mūkāś ca ye ca ke cin nir.indriyāḥ ||

Eunuchs and outcasts, (persons) born blind or deaf, the insane, idiots and the dumb, as well as those deficient in any organ (of action or sensation), receive no share.

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सर्वेषाम् अपि तु न्याय्यं दातुं शक्त्या मनीषिणा । ग्रासआच्छादनम् अत्यन्तं पतितो ह्य् अददद् भवेत्) ॥

sarveṣām api tu nyāyyaṃ dātuṃ śaktyā manīṣiṇā | grāsa.ācchādanam atyantaṃ patito hy a.dadad bhavet) ||

But it is just that (a man) who knows (the law) should give even to all of them food and rai- $ ment without stint, according to his ability; he who gives it not will become an outcast.

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यद्य् अर्थिता तु दारैः स्यात्) क्लीबादीनां कथं चन । तेषाम् उत्पन्नतन्तूनाम् अपत्यं दायम् अर्हति) ॥

yady arthitā tu dāraiḥ syāt) klībādīnāṃ kathaṃ cana | teṣām utpanna.tantūnām apatyaṃ dāyam arhati) ||

If the eunuch and the rest should somehow or other desire to (take) wives, the offspring of such among them as have children is worthy of a share.

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यत् किं चित् पितरि प्रेते धनं ज्येष्ठो ऽअधिगच्छति) । भागो यवीयसां तत्र यदि विद्यानुपालिनः ॥

yat kiṃ cit pitari prete dhanaṃ jyeṣṭho 'adhigacchati) | bhāgo yavīyasāṃ tatra yadi vidyānupālinaḥ ||

Whatever property the eldest (son) acquires (by his own exertion) after the father's death, a share of that (shall belong) to his younger (brothers), provided they have made a due progress in learning. also ' of sensation,' such as men who have lost the faculty of touch

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अविद्यानां तु सर्वेषां ईहातश् चेद् धनं भवेत्) । समस् तत्र विभागः स्याद्) अपित्र्य इति धारणा ॥

a.vidyānāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ īhātaś ced dhanaṃ bhavet) | samas tatra vibhāgaḥ syād) apitrya iti dhāraṇā ||

But if all of them, being unlearned, acquire property by their labour, the division of that shall be equal, (as it is) not property acquired by the father; that is a settled rule.

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विद्याधनं तु यद्य् अस्य तत् तस्य-एव धनं भवेत्) । मैत्र्यम् औद्वाहिकं च-एव माधुपर्किकम् एव च ॥

vidyādhanaṃ tu yady asya tat tasya-eva dhanaṃ bhavet) | maitryam audvāhikaṃ ca-eva mādhuparkikam eva ca ||

Property (acquired) by learning belongs solely to him to whom (it was given), likewise the gift of a friend, a present received on marriage or with the honey-mixture. are meant.

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भ्रात्क़्णां यस् तु न-ईहेत) धनं शक्तः स्वकर्मणा । स निर्भाज्यः) स्वकाद् अंशात् किं चिद् दत्त्वा-उपजीवनम् ॥

bhrātqṇāṃ yas tu na-īheta) dhanaṃ śaktaḥ svakarmaṇā | sa nirbhājyaḥ) svakād aṃśāt kiṃ cid dattvā-upajīvanam ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

अनुपघ्नन्) पितृद्रव्यं श्रमेण यद् उपार्जितम् । स्वयम् ईहितलब्धं तन् न-अकामो दातुम् अर्हति) ॥

an.upaghnan) pitṛdravyaṃ śrameṇa yad upārjitam | svayam īhitalabdhaṃ tan na-a.kāmo dātum arhati) ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

पैतृकं तु पिता द्रव्यम् अनवाप्तं यद् आप्नुयात्) । न तत् पुत्रैर् भजेत्) सार्धम् अकामः स्वयम् अर्जितम् ॥

paitṛkaṃ tu pitā dravyam anavāptaṃ yad āpnuyāt) | na tat putrair bhajet) sārdham a.kāmaḥ svayam arjitam ||

But if a father recovers lost ancestral propresent received, in token of respect, with the honey-mixture,' e. g. a silver vase

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विभक्ताः सह जीवन्तो विभजेरन्) पुनर् यदि । समस् तत्र विभागः स्याज्) ज्यैष्ठ्यं तत्र न विद्यते) ॥

vibhaktāḥ saha jīvanto vibhajeran) punar yadi | samas tatra vibhāgaḥ syāj) jyaiṣṭhyaṃ tatra na vidyate) ||

If brothers, (once) divided and living (again) together (as coparceners), make a second partition, the division shall in that case be equal; in such a case there is no right of primogeniture. X. If the eldest or the youngest (brother) is deprived of his share, or if either of them dies, his share is not lost (to his immediate heirs).

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येषां ज्येष्ठः कनिष्ठो वा हीयेत)-अंशप्रदानतः । म्रियेत)-अन्यतरो वा-अपि तस्य भागो न लुप्यते) ॥

yeṣāṃ jyeṣṭhaḥ kaniṣṭho vā hīyeta)-aṃśapradānataḥ | mriyeta)-anyataro vā-api tasya bhāgo na lupyate) ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

सोदर्या विभजेरंस्) तं समेत्य) सहिताः समम् । भ्रातरो ये च संसृष्टा) भागिन्यश् च सनाभयः ॥

sodaryā vibhajeraṃs) taṃ sametya) sahitāḥ samam | bhrātaro ye ca saṃsṛṣṭā) bhāginyaś ca sa.nābhayaḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

यो ज्येष्ठो विनिकुर्वीत) लोभाद् भ्रात्क़्न् यवीयसः । सो ऽअज्येष्ठः स्याद्) अभागश् च नियन्तव्यश्) च राजभिः ॥

yo jyeṣṭho vinikurvīta) lobhād bhrātqn yavīyasaḥ | so 'ajyeṣṭhaḥ syād) a.bhāgaś ca niyantavyaś) ca rājabhiḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

सर्व एव विकर्मस्था न-अर्हन्ति) भ्रातरो धनम् । न च-अदत्त्वा) कनिष्ठेभ्यो ज्येष्ठः कुर्वीत) यौतकम् ॥

sarva eva vikarmasthā na-arhanti) bhrātaro dhanam | na ca-a.dattvā) kaniṣṭhebhyo jyeṣṭhaḥ kurvīta) yautakam ||

All brothers who habitually commit forbidden acts, are unworthy of (a share of) the property, and the eldest shall not make (anything his) separate property without giving (an equivalent) to his younger brothers. meaning of the verse is:. according to

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भ्रात्क़्णाम् अविभक्तानां यद्य् उत्थानं भवेत्) सह । न पुत्रभागं विषमं पिता दद्यात्) कथं चन ॥

bhrātqṇām a.vibhaktānāṃ yady utthānaṃ bhavet) saha | na putrabhāgaṃ viṣamaṃ pitā dadyāt) kathaṃ cana ||

If undivided brethren, (living with their father,) together make an exertion (for gain), the father shall on no account give to them unequal shares (on a division of the estate).

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ऊर्ध्वं विभागात्-जातस्) तु पित्र्यम् एव हरेद्) धनम् । संसृष्टास् तेन वा ये स्युर्) विभजेत) स तैः सह ॥

ūrdhvaṃ vibhāgāt-jātas) tu pitryam eva hared) dhanam | saṃsṛṣṭās tena vā ye syur) vibhajeta) sa taiḥ saha ||

But a son, born after partition, shall alone take the property of his father, or if any (of the other sons) be reunited with the (father), he shall share with them.

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अनपत्यस्य पुत्रस्य माता दायम् अवाप्नुयात्) । मातर्य् अपि च वृत्तायां पितुर् माता हरेद्) धनम् ॥

an.apatyasya putrasya mātā dāyam avāpnuyāt) | mātary api ca vṛttāyāṃ pitur mātā hared) dhanam ||

A mother shall obtain the inheritance of a son (who dies) without leaving issue, and, if the mother be dead, the paternal grandmother shall take the estate. habitually commit forbidden acts/ i. e. ' who are addicted to gambling, drinking, and the like vices'

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ऋणे धने च सर्वस्मिन् प्रविभक्ते यथाविधि । पश्चाद् दृश्येत) यत् किं चित् तत् सर्वं समतां नयेत्) ॥

ṛṇe dhane ca sarvasmin pravibhakte yathāvidhi | paścād dṛśyeta) yat kiṃ cit tat sarvaṃ samatāṃ nayet) ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

वस्त्रं पत्रम् अलङ्कारं कृतान्नम् उदकं स्त्रियः । योगक्षेमं प्रचारं च न विभाज्यं प्रचक्षते) ॥

vastraṃ patram alaṅkāraṃ kṛtānnam udakaṃ striyaḥ | yogakṣemaṃ pracāraṃ ca na vibhājyaṃ pracakṣate) ||

A dress, a vehicle, ornaments, cooked food, water, and female (slaves), property destined for pious uses or sacrifices, and a pasture-ground, they declare to be indivisible. them the paternal grandmother.

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अयम् उक्तो विभागो वः पुत्राणां च क्रियाविधिः । क्रमशः क्षेत्रजादीनां द्यूतधर्मं निबोधत) ॥

ayam ukto vibhāgo vaḥ putrāṇāṃ ca kriyāvidhiḥ | kramaśaḥ kṣetrajādīnāṃ dyūtadharmaṃ nibodhata) ||

The division (of the property) and the rules for allotting (shares) to the (several) sons, those begotten on a wife and the rest, in (due) order, have been thus declared to you; hear (now) the laws concerning gambling.

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द्यूतं समाह्वयं च-एव राजा राष्ट्रात्-निवारयेत्) । राजान्तकरणाव् एतौ द्वौ दोषौ पृथिवीक्षिताम् ॥

dyūtaṃ samāhvayaṃ ca-eva rājā rāṣṭrāt-nivārayet) | rājāntakaraṇāv etau dvau doṣau pṛthivīkṣitām ||

Gambling and betting let the king exclude from his realm; those two vices cause the destruction of the kingdoms of princes.

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प्रकाशम् एतत् तास्कर्यं यद् देवनसमाह्वयौ । तयोर् नित्यं प्रतीघाते नृपतिर् यत्नवान् भवेत्) ॥

prakāśam etat tāskaryaṃ yad devana.samāhvayau | tayor nityaṃ pratīghāte nṛpatir yatnavān bhavet) ||

Gambling and betting amount to open theft; the king shall always exert himself in suppressing both (of them).

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अप्राणिभिर् यत् क्रियते) तत्-लोके द्यूतम् उच्यते) । प्राणिभिः क्रियते) यस् तु स विज्ञेयः) समाह्वयः ॥

aprāṇibhir yat kriyate) tat-loke dyūtam ucyate) | prāṇibhiḥ kriyate) yas tu sa vijñeyaḥ) samāhvayaḥ ||

When inanimate (things) are used (for staking money on them), that is called among men gambling (dyuta), when animate beings are used (for the same purpose), one must know that to be betting (samahvaya).

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द्यूतं समाह्वयं च-एव यः कुर्यात्) कारयेत) वा । तान् सर्वान् घातयेद्) राजा शूद्रांश् च द्विजलिङ्गिनः ॥

dyūtaṃ samāhvayaṃ ca-eva yaḥ kuryāt) kārayeta) vā | tān sarvān ghātayed) rājā śūdrāṃś ca dvijaliṅginaḥ ||

Let the king corporally punish all those (persons) who either gamble and bet or afford (an and

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कितवान् कुशीलवान् क्रूरान् पाषण्डस्थांश् च मानवान् । विकर्मस्थान् शौण्डिकांश् च क्षिप्रं निर्वासयेत्) पुरात् ॥

kitavān kuśīlavān krūrān pāṣaṇḍasthāṃś ca mānavān | vikarmasthān śauṇḍikāṃś ca kṣipraṃ nirvāsayet) purāt ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

एते राष्ट्रे वर्तमाना) राज्ञः प्रछन्नतस्कराः । विकर्मक्रियया नित्यं बाधन्ते) भद्रिकाः प्रजाः ॥

ete rāṣṭre vartamānā) rājñaḥ prachannataskarāḥ | vikarmakriyayā nityaṃ bādhante) bhadrikāḥ prajāḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

द्यूतम् एतत् पुरा कल्पे दृष्टं वैरकरं महत् । तस्माद् द्यूतं न सेवेत) हास्यार्थम् अपि बुद्धिमान् ॥

dyūtam etat purā kalpe dṛṣṭaṃ vairakaraṃ mahat | tasmād dyūtaṃ na seveta) hāsyārtham api buddhimān ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

प्रच्छन्नं वा प्रकाशं वा तत्-निषेवेत) यो नरः । तस्य दण्डविकल्पः स्याद्) यथाइष्टं नृपतेस् तथा ॥

pracchannaṃ vā prakāśaṃ vā tat-niṣeveta) yo naraḥ | tasya daṇḍavikalpaḥ syād) yathā.iṣṭaṃ nṛpates tathā ||

On every man who addicts himself to that (vice) either secretly or openly, the king may inflict punishment according to his discretion.

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क्षत्रविश्शूद्रयोनिस् तु दण्डं दातुम् अशक्नुवन् । आनृण्यं कर्मणा गच्छेद्) विप्रो दद्यात्)-शनैः शनैः ॥

kṣatra.viś.śūdrayonis tu daṇḍaṃ dātum aśaknuvan | ānṛṇyaṃ karmaṇā gacched) vipro dadyāt)-śanaiḥ śanaiḥ ||

But a Kshatriya, a Vaiśya, and a 6udra who are unable to pay a fine, shall discharge the debt by labour; a Brāhmaṇa shall pay it by instalments.

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स्त्रीबालौन्मत्तवृद्धानां दरिद्राणां च रोगिणाम् । शिफाविदलरज्जुआद्यैर् विदध्यात्)-नृपतिर् दमम् ॥

strī.bāla.unmatta.vṛddhānāṃ daridrāṇāṃ ca rogiṇām | śiphā.vidala.rajju.ādyair vidadhyāt)-nṛpatir damam ||

On women, infants, men of disordered mind, the poor and the sick, the king shall inflict punishment with a whip, a cane, or a rope and the like.

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ये नियुक्तास्) तु कार्येषु हन्युः) कार्याणि कार्यिणाम् । धनौष्मणा पच्यमानास्) तान् निःस्वान् कारयेन्) नृपः ॥

ye niyuktās) tu kāryeṣu hanyuḥ) kāryāṇi kāryiṇām | dhana.uṣmaṇā pacyamānās) tān niḥ.svān kārayen) nṛpaḥ ||

But those appointed (to administer public) affairs, who, baked by the fire of wealth, mar the business of suitors, the king shall deprive of their property.

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कूटशासनकर्त्क़्ंश् च प्रकृतीनां च दूषकान् । स्त्रीबालब्राह्मणघ्नांश् च हन्याद्) द्विष्सेविनस् तथा ॥

kūṭaśāsanakartqṃś ca prakṛtīnāṃ ca dūṣakān | strī.bāla.brāhmaṇaghnāṃś ca hanyād) dviṣ.sevinas tathā ||

Forgers of royal edicts, those who corrupt his ministers, those who slay women, infants, or Brāhmaṇas, and those who serve his enemies, the king shall put to death.

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तीरितं च-अनुशिष्टं च यत्र क्व चन यद् भवेत्) । कृतं तद् धर्मतो विद्यात्)-न तद् भूयो निवर्तयेत्) ॥

tīritaṃ ca-anuśiṣṭaṃ ca yatra kva cana yad bhavet) | kṛtaṃ tad dharmato vidyāt)-na tad bhūyo nivartayet) ||

Whenever any (legal transaction) has been completed or (a punishment) been inflicted according to the law, he shall sanction it and not annul it.

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अमात्याः प्राड्विवाको वा यत् कुर्युः) कार्यम् अन्यथा । तत् स्वयं नृपतिः कुर्यात्) तान् सहस्रं च दण्डयेत्) ॥ [म्तं ]

amātyāḥ prāḍvivāko vā yat kuryuḥ) kāryam anyathā | tat svayaṃ nṛpatiḥ kuryāt) tān sahasraṃ ca daṇḍayet) || [M.taṃ ]

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

ब्रह्महा च सुरापश् च स्तेयी च गुरुतल्पगः । [म्तस्करो गुरुतल्पगः ] एते सर्वे पृथग् ज्ञेया) महापातकिनो नराः ॥

brahmahā ca surāpaś ca steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ | [M.taskaro gurutalpagaḥ ] ete sarve pṛthag jñeyā) mahāpātakino narāḥ ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

चतुर्णाम् अपि च-एतेषां प्रायश्चित्तम् अकुर्वताम् । शारीरं धनसंयुक्तं दण्डं धर्म्यं प्रकल्पयेत्) ॥

caturṇām api ca-eteṣāṃ prāyaścittam a.kurvatām | śārīraṃ dhanasaṃyuktaṃ daṇḍaṃ dharmyaṃ prakalpayet) ||

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

गुरुतल्पे भगः कार्यः) सुरापाने सुराध्वजः । स्तेये च श्वपदं कार्यं ब्रह्महण्य् अशिराः पुमान् ॥ [म्तस्करे श्वपदं कार्यं ]

gurutalpe bhagaḥ kāryaḥ) surāpāne surādhvajaḥ | steye ca śvapadaṃ kāryaṃ brahmahaṇy a.śirāḥ pumān || [M.taskare śvapadaṃ kāryaṃ ]

For violating a Guru's bed, (the mark of) a SI female part shall be (impressed on the forehead with a hot iron); for drinking (the spirituous liquor r called) Sura, the sign of a tavern; for stealing (the gold of a Brāhmaṇa), a dog's foot; for murdering a Brāhmaṇa, a headless corpse. "^ plaint declared to be just or unjust by the assessors/ and the latter ' a cause or plaint confirmed by witnesses.'

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असंभोज्या ह्य् असंयाज्या असंपाठ्या ऽअविवाहिनः । चरेयुः) पृथिवीं दीनाः सर्वधर्मबहिष्कृताः ॥

a.saṃbhojyā hy a.saṃyājyā a.saṃpāṭhyā 'a.vivāhinaḥ | careyuḥ) pṛthivīṃ dīnāḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtāḥ ||

Excluded from all fellowship at meals, excluded from all sacrifices, excluded from instruction and from matrimonial alliances, abject and excluded from all religious duties, let them wander over (this) earth.

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ज्ञातिसंबन्धिभिस् त्व् एते त्यक्तव्याः) कृतलक्षणाः । निर्दया निर्नमस्कारास् तन् मनोर् अनुशासनम् ॥

jñāti.saṃbandhibhis tv ete tyaktavyāḥ) kṛta.lakṣaṇāḥ | nir.dayā nir.namaskārās tan manor anuśāsanam ||

Such (persons) who have been branded with (indelible) marks must be cast off by their paternal and maternal relations, and receive neither compassion nor a salutation; that is the teaching of Manu.

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प्रायश्चित्तं तु कुर्वाणाः) सर्ववर्णा यथोदितम् । [म्पूर्वे वर्णा यथाउदितम्] न-अङ्क्या राज्ञा ललाटे स्युर्) दाप्यास्) तु-उत्तमसाहसम् ॥

prāyaścittaṃ tu kurvāṇāḥ) sarvavarṇā yathoditam | [M.pūrve varṇā yathā.uditam] na-aṅkyā rājñā lalāṭe syur) dāpyās) tu-uttamasāhasam ||

But (men of) all castes who perform the prescribed penances, must not be branded on the forehead by the king, but shall be made to pay the highest amercement.

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