[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Manava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › 9.124 # Manava Dharmashastra 9.124 Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.124 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.124) jyeṣṭhas tu jāto jyeṣṭhāyāṃ hared vṛṣabhaṣoḍaśāḥ tataḥ svamātṛtaḥ śeṣā bhajerann iti dhāraṇā // > But the eldest (son, being) born of the eldest wife, shall receive fifteen cows and a bull, the other sons may then take shares according to (the seniority of) their mothers; that is a settled rule. > — Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu - [Previous: 9.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.123) - [Next: 9.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.125) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9) ## Translations (1) - [The Laws of Manu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu~en-buhler.9.124) — Georg Bühler 1886, English ## Linked texts (2) - [Vivādaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadaratnakara.21.p2) — Caṇḍeśvara, Sanskrit - [Smṛtiratnākara (Vivādaratnākara, Kṛtyaratnākara…)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtiratnakara.20.p9) — Caṇḍeśvara Ṭhakkura, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.124) · Pramāṇa