[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) › [Legal Digests](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha) › [Decisions and rulings](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya) › [Nirnayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu) › 53.3 # Nirnayasindhu 53.3 Nirṇayasindhu 53.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [53.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.53.3) smṛtisaṃgrahe-“prapautrānantaraṃ putrikāputroktestatsamatvācca dattakasya”|| yadyapi bṛhaspatinā"putraśca putrikāputraḥ svargaprāptikarāvubhau | rikthe ca piṇḍadāne ca samānau parikīrtitau” iti pautrasāmyamuktam || yājñavalkyena ca-‘aurasodharmapatnījastatsamaḥ putrikāsutaḥ' iti aurasasāmyam | tathāpi-‘loke rājasamo mantrī' ityādau kiñcinnyūne samaśabdaprayogāt | gauṇamukhyayoḥ sāmyayogācca stutyarthaṃ tat | na tu samavikalpaḥ | iti bhramitavyam | ‘putraḥ pautraḥ prapautro vā bhrātā vā bhrātṛsaṃtatiḥ | sapiṇḍasaṃsṛtirvāpi kriyārhā nṛpa jāyate || teṣāmabhāve sarveṣāṃ samānodakasantatiḥ | mātṛpakṣasapiṇḍena saṃbandho yo jalena vā || kuladvayepi cocchinne strībhiḥ kāryā kriyā nṛpa | tatsaṃghātagatervāpi tadrikthātkārayennṛpa - [Previous: 53.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.53.2) - [Next: 53.2-2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.53.2-2.1) - [Up: 53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.53) ## Linked texts (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.3.13.32) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.53.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.53.3) · Pramāṇa