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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.
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.'
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.
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.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.
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.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.
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.
Translated by Georg BühlerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.