The Law Code of Bṛhaspati 1.26

1.26.1

dadāti dīyate pitrā putrebhyaḥ svasya yad dhanam /
tad dāyaṃ //

1.26.2

ekāṃ strīṃ kārayet karma yathāṃśena gṛhe gṛhe /
bahvyaḥ samāṃśato deyā dāsānām apy ayaṃ vidhiḥ //

1.26.3

uddhṛtya kūpavāpyambhas tv anusāreṇa gṛhyate /
tathā bhāgānusāreṇa setuḥ kṣetraṃ vibhajyate //

1.26.4

yuktyā vibhajanīyaṃ tad anyathānarthakaṃ bhavet //

1.26.5

ekapākena vasatāṃ pitṛdevadvijārcanam /
ekaṃ bhaved dvibhaktānāṃ tad eva syād gṛhe gṛhe //

1.26.6

sāksitvaṃ pratibhāvyaṃ ca dānaṃ grahaṇam eva ca /
vibhaktā bhrātaraḥ kuryuḥ nāvibhaktāḥ parasparam //

1.26.7

yeṣām etāḥ kriyā loke pravartante svarikthiṣu /
vibhaktān avagaccheyuḥ lekhyam apy antareṇa tān //

1.26.8

kulānubandhavyāghātahodhaṃ sāhasasādhakam /
svasvabhogasthāvarasya vibhāgasya pṛthagdhanam //

1.26.9

pitror abhāve bhrātṛṇāṃ vibhāgaḥ saṃpradarśitaḥ /
mātur nivṛtte rajasi prattasu bhaginīṣu ca //

After the death of both parents, division of the property among brothers has been ordained (to take place). It may take place even in their lifetime, if the mother be past child-bearing.

1.26.10

kramāgate gṛhakṣetre pitā putrāḥ samāṃśinaḥ /
paitṛke na vibhāgārhāḥ sutāḥ pitur anicchayā //

Houses and landed property inherited from an ancestor shall be shared equally by the father and sons; but the sons cannot claim a share of their father's own property without the consent of the father.

1.26.11

samavarṇāsu ye jātāḥ sarve putrā dvijanmanām /
uddhāraṃ jyāyase dattvā bhajerann itare samam //

Houses and landed property inherited from an ancestor shall be shared equally by the father and sons; but the sons cannot claim a share of their father's own property without the consent of the father.

1.26.12

vayovidyātapobhiś ca dvyaṃśaṃ hi labhate dhanam /
yathā yathā vibhāgāptaṃ dhanaṃ yāgārthatām iyāt /
tathā tathā vidhātavyaṃ vidvadbhir bhāgagauravam //

Houses and landed property inherited from an ancestor shall be shared equally by the father and sons; but the sons cannot claim a share of their father's own property without the consent of the father.

1.26.13

tatputrā viṣamasamāḥ pitṛbhāgaharāḥ smṛtāḥ //

Houses and landed property inherited from an ancestor shall be shared equally by the father and sons; but the sons cannot claim a share of their father's own property without the consent of the father.

1.26.14

dravye pitāmahopātte sthāvare jaṅgame 'pi vā /
samam aṃśitvam ākhyātaṃ pituḥ putrasya caiva hi //

Of property acquired by the grandfather, whether immovable or movable, father and son are declared to be entitled to equal shares.

1.26.15

samanyūnādhikā bhāgāḥ pitrā yeṣāṃ prakalpitāḥ /
tathaiva te pālanīyā vineyās te syur anyathā //

Those (sons) for whom their shares have been arranged by the father, whether equal, less, or greater, must be compelled to abide by such arrangement. Otherwise (if they try to alter the arrangement), they shall be punished.

1.26.16

jīvadvibhāge tu pitā gṛhṇītāṃśadvayaṃ svakam //

When a partition is made during (the father's) life, the father shall reserve a couple of shares for himself.

1.26.17

dviprakāro vibhāgas tu dāyādānāṃ prakīrtitaḥ /
vayojyeṣṭhakrameṇaikaḥ samā parāṃśakalpanā //

Partition among coparceners is declared to be of two kinds; one is with attention to priority of birth, the other consists of the allotment of equal shares.

1.26.18

samavetais tu yat prāptaṃ sarve tatra samāṃśinaḥ /
tatputrā viṣamasamāḥ pitṛbhāgaharāḥ smṛtāḥ //

Partition among coparceners is declared to be of two kinds; one is with attention to priority of birth, the other consists of the allotment of equal shares.

1.26.19

pitṛrikthaharāḥ putrāḥ sarva eva samāṃśinaḥ /
vidyākarmaratas teṣām adhikaṃ labdhum arhati //

When they divide their father's heritage, all the sons shall share alike; but he who is distinguished by sacred knowledge and virtue, shall obtain a greater share (than the rest).

1.26.20

vidyāvijñānaśauryārthe jñānadānakriyāsu ca /
yasyeha prathitā kīrtitaḥ pitaras tena putriṇaḥ //

They are parents in the true sense of the term who have a son whose fame is spread in the world for sacred knowledge, cleverness, valour, wealth, and for knowledge, liberality, and pious acts.

1.26.21

janmavidyāguṇair jyeṣṭho dvyaṃśaṃ dāyād avāpnuyāt /
samāṃśabhāginas tv anye teṣāṃ pitṛsamas tu saḥ //

They are parents in the true sense of the term who have a son whose fame is spread in the world for sacred knowledge, cleverness, valour, wealth, and for knowledge, liberality, and pious acts.

1.26.22

tadabhāve tu jananī tanayāṃśasamāṃśinī /
samāṃśā mātaras teṣāṃ turīyāṃśā ca kanyakā //

1.26.23

kanyakānāṃ tv adattānāṃ caturtho bhāga iṣyate /
putrāṇāṃ ca trayo bhāgāḥ sāmyaṃ tv alpadhane smṛtam //

1.26.24

yady ekajātā bahavaḥ samānā jātisaṃkhyayā /
svadhanais tair vibhaktavyaṃ mātṛbhāgena dharmataḥ //

1.26.25

savarṇā bhinnasaṃkhyā ye puṃbhāgas teṣu śasyate /
pitāmahyas tu sarvās tā mātṛtulyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ //

1.26.26

asaṃskṛtās tu yās tatra paitṛkād eva tā dhanāt /
saṃskāryā bhrātṛbhir jyeṣṭhaḥ kanyakāś ca yathāvidhi //

1.26.27

asaṃskṛtā bhrātaras tu ye syus tatra yavīyasaḥ /
saṃskāryāḥ pūrvajais te vai paitṛkān madhyagād dhanāt //

1.26.28

dadyād dhanaṃ ca paryāptaṃ kṣetrāṃśaṃ vā yad icchati //

1.26.29

ūḍhayā kanyayā vāpi bhartuḥ pitṛgṛhe 'pi vā /
bhrātuḥ sakāśāt pitror vā labdhaṃ saudāyikaṃ smṛtam //

1.26.30

saudāyikaṃ dhanaṃ prāpya strīṇāṃ svātantram iṣyate /
yasmāt tadānṛśaṃsyārthaṃ tair dattam upajīvanam //

1.26.31

vikraye caiva dāne ca yatheṣtaṃ sthāvareṣv api /
strīdhanaṃ syād apatyānāṃ duhitā ca tadaṃśinī /
aprattā cet samūḍhā tu labhate mānamātrakam //

1.26.32

mātuḥ svasā mātulānī pitṛvyastrī pitṛṣvasā /
śvaśrūḥ pūrvajapatnī ca mātṛtulyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ //

1.26.33

yad āsām auraso na syāt putro dauhitra eva vā /
tat suto vā dhanaṃ tāsāṃ svastrīyād yāḥ samāpnuyuḥ //

1.26.34

savarṇajo 'py aguṇavān nārhaḥ syāt paitṛke dhane /
tatpiṇḍadāḥ śrotriyā ye teṣāṃ tat tu vidhīyate //

1.26.35

uttamarṇādhamarṇebhyaḥ pitaraṃ trāyate sutaḥ /
atas tu viparītena tena nāsti prayojanam //

1.26.36

tayā gavā kiṃ kriyate yā na dogdhrī na garbhiṇī /
ko 'rthaḥ putreṇa jātena yo na vidvān na dhārmikaḥ //

1.26.37

śāstraśauryārtharahitas tapovijñānavarjitaḥ /
ācārahīnaḥ putras tu mūtroccārasamaḥ smṛtaḥ //

1.26.38

sthāvaradvipadaṃ caiva yady api svayam ārhitam /
asambhūya sutān sarvān na dānaṃ na ca vikrayaḥ //

1.26.39

jātā janiṣyad garbhasthāḥ pitṛsthā ye ca mānavāḥ /
sarve kāṃkṣanti tāṃ vṛttim anācchedyās tatas tu sā //

1.26.40

gṛhopaskaravāhyādi bhojyābharaṇakarmiṇaḥ /
dṛśyamānā vibhajyante gūḍhe keśo vidhīyate //

1.26.41

kṣatrajās tridvyekabhāgā viḍjau tu dvyekabhāginau //

1.26.42

brahmaksatriyaviṣśūdrā viprotpannās tv anukramāt /
catustridvyekabhāgena bhaveyus te yathākramam //

1.26.43

śūdryāṃ dvijātibhir jāto na bhūmer bhāgam arhati /
dvijātir āpnuyāt sarvam iti dharmo vyavasthitaḥ //

A son begotten with a Sûdra woman by a twice-born man is not entitled to a share of the landed property; one begotten with a woman of equal caste shall take all. Thus has the law been settled.

1.26.44

teṣāṃ savarṇā ye putrās te tṛtīyāṃśabhāginaḥ /
hīnās tam upajīveyur grāsācchādanasaṃbhṛtāḥ //

1.26.45

sarve hy anaurasasyaite putrā dāyaharāḥ smṛtāḥ /
aurase punar utpanne teṣu jyaiṣṭhyaṃ na tiṣṭhati //

1.26.46

pitāmahapitṛbhyāṃ ca dattaṃ mātrā ca yad bhavet /
tasya tan nāpahartavyaṃ śauryabhāryādhanaṃ tathā //

1.26.47

vastrādayo 'vibhājyā yair uktaṃ tair na vicāritam /
dhanaṃ bhavet samṛddhānāṃ vastrālaṃkārasaṃśritam //

1.26.48

ṛṇam udvāhya lekhitam //

1.26.49

uktaprakāro vijñeyaḥ patrārūḍhaṛṇe khalu /
uktyā vibhajanīyaṃ tad anyathānarthakaṃ bhavet //

1.26.50

madhyasthitam anājīvyaṃ dātuṃ naikasya śakyate /
yuktyā vibhajanīyaṃ tad anyathānarthakaṃ bhavet //

1.26.51

vikrīya vastrābharaṇaṃ dhanam udgrāhya lekhitam /
kṛtānnaṃ cākṛtānnena parivartya vibhajyate //

1.26.52

yogakṣemavato lābhaḥ samatvena vibhajyate /
pracāraś ca yathāṃśena kartavyo rikthibhiḥ sadā //

1.26.53

brahmadāyaṃ gatāṃ bhūmiṃ hared yo brāhmaṇīsutaḥ /
gṛhaṃ dvijātayaḥ sarve tathā kṣetraṃ kramāgatam //

1.26.54

pitrā saha vibhaktā ye sāpatnā vā sahodarāḥ /
jaghanyāś caiva ye teṣāṃ pitṛbhāgaharās tu te //

1.26.55

anīśaḥ pūrvajaḥ pitrye bhrātṛbhāge vibhaktajaḥ //

1.26.56

putraiḥ saha vibhaktena pitrā yat svayam ārjitam /
vibhaktajasya tat sarvam anīśāḥ pūrvajāḥ smṛtāḥ //

1.26.57

yathā dhane tathā rṇe ca dānādānakrayeṣu ca /
parasparam anīśās te muktvāśaucodakakriyām //

1.26.58

paitāmahaṃ hṛtaṃ pitrā svaśaktyā yad upārjitam /
vidyāśauryādināvāptaṃ tatra svāmyaṃ pituḥ smṛtam //

1.26.59

pradānaṃ svecchayā kuryāt bhogaṃ caiva tato dhanāt /
tadabhāve 'pi tanayāḥ samāṃśāḥ parikīrtitāḥ //

1.26.60

vastrālaṃkāraśayyāi pitur yad vāhanādikam /
gandhamālyaiḥ samabhyarcya śrāddhabhoktre tad arpayet //

1.26.61

patyau jīvati yaḥ strībhir alaṃkāro dhṛto bhavet /
na taṃ bhajeran dāyādāḥ bhajamānāḥ patanti te //

1.26.62

pitṛprasādāt bhujyante vastrāṇy ābharaṇāni ca //

1.26.63

kṛte 'kṛte vā vibhāge rikthī yatra pravartate /
sāmānyaṃ ced bhāvayati tatra bhāgaharas tu saḥ //

1.26.64

ṛṇaṃ lekhyaṃ gṛhaṃ kṣetraṃ yasya paitāmahaṃ bhavet /
cirakālaproṣito 'pi bhāgabhāgāgatas tu saḥ //

1.26.65

gotrasādhāraṇaṃ tyaktvā yo 'nyaṃ deśaṃ samāśritaḥ /
ardhatas tv āgatasyāṃśaḥ pradātavyo na saṃśayaḥ //

1.26.66

tṛtīyaḥ pañcamaś caiva saptamo yo 'pi vā bhavet /
janmanām aparijñāne labhetāṃśaṃ kramāgate //

1.26.67

yaṃ paraṃparayā maulāḥ samastāḥ svāminaṃ viduḥ /
tad anvayasyāgatasya dātavyā gotrajair mahī //

1.26.68

avibhaktavibhaktānāṃ kulyānāṃ vasatāṃ saha /
bhūyo dāyavibhāgaḥ syād ācaturthād iti sthitiḥ //

1.26.69

anekadhā kṛtāḥ putrā ṛṣibhiś ca purātanaiḥ /
na śakyante 'dhunā kartuṃ śaktihīnaiś cirantanaiḥ //

1.26.70

eka evaurasaḥ pitrye dhane svāmī prakīrtitaḥ /
tat tulyaḥ putrikaputro bhartavyās tv apare smṛtāḥ //

No one but a legitimate son of the body is declared to be heir of his father's wealth. An appointed daughter is said to be equal to him. All the others are stated to have a claim to maintenance (only).

1.26.71

kṣetrajādyāḥ sutās tv anye pañcaṣaṭsaptabhāginaḥ //

The other sons, beginning with the son begotten on a wife (Kshetraga), shall (respectively) take a fifth, a sixth, and a seventh part.

1.26.72

datto 'paviddhaḥ krītaś ca kṛtaḥ śaudras tathaiva ca /
jātiśuddhā madhyamās te sarve rikthasutāḥ smṛtāḥ //

The son given, the son cast off, the son bought, the son made (or adopted), the son by a Sûdra wife: these, when pure by caste and irreproachable as to their conduct, are considered sons of middle rank.

1.26.73

kṣetrajo garhitaḥ sadbhis tathā paunarbhavaḥ sutaḥ /
kānīnaś ca sahoḍhaś ca gūḍhajaḥ putrikāsutaḥ //

The son begotten on a wife (Kshetraga) is despised by the virtuous; and so are the son begotten on a woman twice married, the son of an unmarried damsel, the son received with the wife, and the son secretly born.

1.26.74

śūdrāputraḥ svayaṃdatto ye caite krītakāḥ smṛtāḥ /
sarve te maitriṇaḥ proktā kāṇḍapṛṣṭhā na saṃśayaḥ //

1.26.75

svakulaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā yo vai parakulaṃ vrajet /
tena duścaritenāsau kāṇḍapṛṣṭho na saṃśayaḥ //

1.26.76

agniṃ prajāpatiṃ ceṣṭvā kriyate gautamo 'vadat /
anye tv āhur aputrasya cintitā putrikā bhavet //

1.26.77

putrās trayodaśa proktā manunā yena pūrvaśaḥ /
saṃtānakāraṇaṃ teṣām aurasaḥ putrikā tathā //

1.26.78

ājyaṃ vinā yathā tailaṃ sadbhiḥ pratinidhiḥ smṛtam /
tathaikādaśa putrās tu putrikaurasayor vinā //

1.26.79

yady ekajātā bahavo bhrātaras tu sahodarāḥ /
ekasyāpi sute jāte sarve te putriṇaḥ smṛtāḥ //

1.26.80

bahvīnām ekapatnīnām eṣa eva vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ /
ekā cet putriṇī tāsāṃ sarvāsāṃ piṇḍadas tu saḥ //

1.26.81

punnāmno narakāt putraḥ pitaraṃ trāyate yataḥ /
mukhasaṃdarśanenāpi tad utpattau yateta saḥ //

1.26.82

pautro 'tha putrikāputraḥ svargaprāptikarāv ubhau /
rikthe ca piṇḍadāne ca samau tau parikīrtitau //

1.26.83

kāmataś ca śūdrāvarodhajasya bhrātur aṃśaṃ /
saṃmānamātraṃ prete pitari dadyuḥ śuśrūṣuś cet (?) //

1.26.84

annārthaṃ taṇḍulaprastham aparāhne tu sendhanam /
vasanaṃ tripaṇakrītaṃ deyam ekaṃ trimāsataḥ //

1.26.85

etāvad eva sādhvīnāṃ coditaṃ vidhavādhanam //

1.26.86

vasanasyāśanasyaiva tathaiva rajakasya ca /
dhanaṃ vyapohya tac chiṣṭaṃ dāyādānāṃ prakalpayet //

1.26.87

aputrasyātha kulajā patnī duhitaro 'pi vā /
tadabhāve pitā mātā bhrātā putrāś ca kīrtitāḥ //

1.26.88

aputreṇa sutaḥ kāryo yādṛk tādṛk prayatnataḥ /
piṇḍodakakriyāhetor dharmasaṃkīrtanasya ca //

1.26.89

kāṅkṣaṇti pitaraḥ putrān narakāpatabhīravaḥ /
gayāṃ yāsyati yaḥ kaścit so 'smān saṃtārayiṣyati //

1.26.90

yathā jalaṃ kuplavena taran majjati mānavaḥ /
tadvat pitā kuputreṇa tamasy andhe nimajjati //

1.26.91

kariṣyati vṛṣotsargam iṣṭāpūrtaṃ tathaiva ca /
pālayiṣyati vārdhakye śrāddhaṃ dāsyati cānvaham //

1.26.92

āmnāye smṛtitantre ca lokācāre ca sūribhiḥ /
śarīrārdhaṃ smṛtā bhāryā puṇyāpuṇyaphale samā //

In the revealed texts (of the Veda), in the traditional law (of the Smritis), and in popular usage, the wife is declared to be half the body (of her husband), equally sharing the outcome of good and evil acts.

1.26.93

yasya noparatā bhāryā dehārdhaṃ tasya jīvati /
jīvaty ardhaśarīre 'rthaṃ katham anyaḥ samāpnuyāt //

Of him whose wife is not dead, half his body survives. How should any one else take the property, while half (his) body lives?

1.26.94

sakulyair vidyamānas tu pitṛbhrātṛsanābhibhiḥ /
asutasya pramītasya patnī tad bhāgahāriṇī //

Although kinsmen (Sakulyas), although his father and mother, although uterine brothers be living, the wife of him who dies without leaving male issue shall succeed to his share.

1.26.95

pūrvapramītāgnihotraṃ mṛtaṃ bhartari taddhanam /
vindet pativratā nārī dharma eṣa sanātanaḥ //

A wife deceased before (her husband) takes away his consecrated fire (Agnihotra); but if the husband dies before the wife, she takes his property, if she has been faithful to him. This is an eternal law.

1.26.96

mūrvaṃ mrtā hared agnim anvārūḍhā hared agham /
putrābhāve tu patnī syāt patnyabhāve tu sodaraḥ /
tadabhāve tu dāyādaḥ paścād dauhitrakaṃ dhanam //

A wife deceased before (her husband) takes away his consecrated fire (Agnihotra); but if the husband dies before the wife, she takes his property, if she has been faithful to him. This is an eternal law.

1.26.97

jaṅgamaṃ sthāvaraṃ hema rūpyadhānyarasāmbaram /
ādāya dāpayec chrāddhaṃ māsaṣāṇmāsikādikam //

After having received all the movable and immovable property, the gold, base metals and grain, liquids and wearing apparel, she shall cause his monthly, sixmonthly, and annual Srâddhas to be performed.

1.26.98

pitṛvyagurudauhitrān svasṛbhartrīyam ātulān /
pūjayet kavyapūrtābhyāṃ vṛddhān āthātithīn striyaḥ //

Let her propitiate with funeral oblations and pious liberality her husband's paternal uncles, Gurus, daughter's sons, sister's sons, and maternal uncles; also aged or helpless persons, guests, and women (belonging to the family).

1.26.99

yad vibhakte dhane kiṃcid ādhyādividhisaṃsmṛtam /
tajjāyā sthāvaraṃ muktvā labheta gatabhartṛkā //

The husband being separated (in interests from his former coparceners), his wife shall take after his death a pledge and whatever else is recognised as property, excepting the immovable wealth.

1.26.100

vṛttasthāpi kṛte 'py aṃśe na strī sthāvaram arhati /
vidhavā yauvanasthā cen nārī bhavati karkaśā /
āyuṣaḥ kṣapaṇārthaṃ tu dātavyaṃ jīvanaṃ tadā //

A wife, though preserving her character and though partition have been made, is unworthy to obtain immovable property. Food or a portion of the arable land shall be given to her at will (for her support).

1.26.101

mṛte bhartari bhartṛaṃśaṃ labheta kulapālikā /
yāvaj jīvaṃ hīnasvāmyaṃ dānādhamanavikraye //

1.26.102

krayakrītā tu yā nārī saṃbhogārthaṃ sutārthinā /
gṛhītā vānyadīyā vā saiva strī parikīrtyate //

1.26.103

pradadyāt tv eva piṇḍaṃ vā kṣetrāṃśaṃ vā yadṛcchayā //

1.26.104

sthāvarāj jīvanaṃ strībhyo yad dattaṃ śvaśureṇa tu /
na tac chakyam apāhartuṃ itaraiḥ śvaśure mrte //

1.26.105

sapiṇḍā bāndhavā ye tu tasyāḥ syuḥ paripanthinaḥ /
hiṃsyur dhanāni tān rājā cauradaṇḍeṇa ghātayet //

1.26.106

saṃsṛṣṭau yau punaḥ prītyā tau parasparabhāginau /
vibhaktā bhrātaro ye tu saṃprītyaikatra saṃsthitāḥ /
punar vibhāgakaraṇe teṣāṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ na vidyate //

1.26.107

kadācid vā pramīyeta pravrajed vā kathaṃcana /
na lupyate tasya bhāgaḥ sodarasya vidhīyate //

1.26.108

yā tasya bhaginī sā tu tato 'ṃśaṃ labdhum arhati /
anapatyasya dharmo 'yam abhāryapitṛkasya ca //

1.26.109

sā ca dattā tv adattā vā sodare tu mṛte sati /
tasyāṃśaṃ tu haret saiva dvayor vyaktaṃ hi kāraṇam //

1.26.110

anantaraḥ sapiṇḍād yas tasya tasya dhanaṃ bhavet //

1.26.111

mṛto 'napatyo 'bhāryaś ced abhrātṛpitṛmātṛkaḥ /
sarve sapiṇḍās tad dāyaṃ vibhajeran yathāṃśataḥ //

1.26.112

saṃsṛṣṭānāṃ tu yaḥ kaścid vidyā śauryādinā dhanam /
prāpnoti tasya dātavyo dvyaṃśaḥ śeṣāḥ samāṃśinaḥ //

1.26.113

vibhakto yaḥ punaḥ pitrā bhrātrā caikatra saṃsthitaḥ /
pitṛvyeṇāthavā prītyā tat saṃsṛṣṭaḥ sa ucyate //

1.26.114

sodaryā vibhajeraṃs taṃ sametya sahitāḥ samam /
bhrātaro ye ca saṃsṛṣṭā bhaginyaś ca sanābhayaḥ //

1.26.115

yeṣāṃ jyeṣṭhaḥ kaniṣṭho vā hīyetāṃśapradānataḥ /
mriyetānyataro vāpi tasya bhāgo na lupyate //

1.26.116

sodarasya tu sodaraḥ /
dadyāc cāpaharec cāṃśaṃ jātasya ca mṛtasya ca //

1.26.117

anyodaryas tu saṃsṛṣṭī nānyodaryād dhanaṃ haret /
asaṃsṛṣṭy api cādadyāt sodaryo nānyamātṛjaḥ //

1.26.118

pramītapitṛkāṇāṃ tu pitṛto bhāgakalpanā //

1.26.119

ye 'putrāḥ kṣatraviṭśūdrāḥ patnībhrātṛvivarjitāḥ /
teṣāṃ dhanaharo rājā sarvasyādhipatir hi saḥ //

1.26.120

vipreṇa kṣatriyājāto janmajyeṣṭho guṇānvitaḥ /
bhavet samāṃśaḥ kṣatreṇa vaiśyājātas tathaiva ca //

1.26.121

na pratigrahabhūr deyā kṣatriyādisutāya vai /
yady apy eṣām pitā dadyān mṛte viprāsuto haret //

1.26.122

śūdryāṃ dvijātibhir jāto na bhūmer bhāgam arhati /
sajātāv āpnuyāt sarvam iti dharmo vyavasthitaḥ //

1.26.123

niṣāda ekaputras tu viprasya sa tṛtīyabhāk /
dvau sakulyāḥ sapiṇḍā vā svadhādātātha saṃharet //

1.26.124

kulyābhāve svadhādātā ācāryaḥ śiṣya eva vā /
sarvāsv āpatsu tān varṇāṃs tathaiva pratipādayet //

1.26.125

anapatyasya śuśrūṣur guṇavāñ śūdrayonijaḥ /
labhetājīvanaṃ śeṣaṃ sapiṇḍāḥ samavāpnuyuḥ //

1.26.126

bhartur dhanaharī patnī tāṃ vinā duhitā smṛtā //

The wife is declared to succeed to her husband's property, and in her default, the daughter.

1.26.127

aṅgād aṅgāt saṃbhavati putravad duhitā nṛṇām /
tasmāt pitṛdhanaṃ tv anyaḥ kathaṃ gṛhṇīta mānavaḥ //

A daughter, like a son, springs from each member of a man; how then should any other mortal inherit the father's property while she lives?

1.26.128

tadabhāve tu duhitā yady anūḍhā bhavet tadā /
aputrapautrasaṃtāne dauhitrā dhanam āpnuyuḥ //

1.26.129

yathaivātmā tathā putraḥ putreṇa duhitā samā /
tasyām ātmani tiṣṭhanti katham anyo dhanaṃ haret //

1.26.130

pautradauhitrayor loke viśeṣo nāsti dharmataḥ /
anenaiva vidhānena sutaṃ cakre 'tha putrikām //

1.26.131

pumān puṃso 'dhike śukle strī bhavaty adhike striyāḥ //

1.26.132

sadṛśī sadṛśenoḍhā sādhvī śuśrūṣaṇe ratā /
kṛtākṛtā vā putrasya pitur dhanaharī tu sā //

Equal in caste (to her father) and married to a man of the same caste as her own, virtuous, habitually submissive, she shall inherit her father's property, whether she may have been (expressly) appointed or not.

1.26.133

yathā pitṛdhane svāmyaṃ tasyāḥ satsv api bandhuṣu /
tathaiva tatsuto 'pīṣṭe mātṛmātāmahe dhane //

As her father's wealth becomes her property, though kinsmen be in existence, even so her son becomes the owner of his mother's and maternal grandfather's wealth.

1.26.134

tadabhāve bhrātaras tu bhrātṛputrāḥ sanābhayaḥ /
sakulyā bāndhavāḥ śiṣyāḥ śrotriyāś ca dhanārhakāḥ //

In default of them, uterine brothers or brother's sons, agnates (Sakulyas) and cognates (Bândhavas), pupils, or learned Brahmans are entitled to the inheritance.

1.26.135

anapatyasya putrasya mātā dāyam avāpnuyāt /
bhāryāsutavihīnasya tanayasya mṛtasya tu /
mātā rikthaharī jñeyā bhrātā vā tadanujñayā //

When a man dies without leaving either wife or male issue, the mother has to be considered as her son's heiress, or a brother (may succeed) if she consents to it.

1.26.136

putrābhāve tu patnī syāt patnyabhāve tu sodaraḥ /
tadabhāve tu dāyādaḥ paścād dauhitrakaṃ dhanam //

But on his death the mother shall take a son's share. The mothers shall share equally with the sons, the maidens shall take fourth-part shares.
65, 66. To a father the funeral ball (Pinda) and water oblation shall be offered by his son; in default of a son, the widow (succeeds); in her default, a uterine brother; in default of him, the co-heirs (dâyâdâh); afterwards, the property goes to the daughter's son.

1.26.137

samutpannād dhanād ardhaṃ tadarthaṃ sthāpayet prthak /
māsaṣāṇmāsike śrāddhe vārṣike vā prayatnataḥ //

But on his death the mother shall take a son's share. The mothers shall share equally with the sons, the maidens shall take fourth-part shares.
65, 66. To a father the funeral ball (Pinda) and water oblation shall be offered by his son; in default of a son, the widow (succeeds); in her default, a uterine brother; in default of him, the co-heirs (dâyâdâh); afterwards, the property goes to the daughter's son.

1.26.138

bahavo jñātayo yatra sakulyā bāndhavās tathā /
yas tv āsannataras teṣāṃ so 'napatyadhanaṃ haret //

But on his death the mother shall take a son's share. The mothers shall share equally with the sons, the maidens shall take fourth-part shares.
65, 66. To a father the funeral ball (Pinda) and water oblation shall be offered by his son; in default of a son, the widow (succeeds); in her default, a uterine brother; in default of him, the co-heirs (dâyâdâh); afterwards, the property goes to the daughter's son.

1.26.139

bhrātā vā bhrātṛputro vā sapiṇḍaḥ śiṣya eva vā /
saha piṇḍakriyāṃ kṛtvā kuryād abhyudayaṃ tataḥ //

But on his death the mother shall take a son's share. The mothers shall share equally with the sons, the maidens shall take fourth-part shares.
65, 66. To a father the funeral ball (Pinda) and water oblation shall be offered by his son; in default of a son, the widow (succeeds); in her default, a uterine brother; in default of him, the co-heirs (dâyâdâh); afterwards, the property goes to the daughter's son.

1.26.140

svecchākṛtavibhāgo yaḥ punar eva visaṃvadet /
sa rājñāṃśe svake sthāpyaḥ śāsanīyo 'nubandhakṛt //

Whether kinsmen are united or separate, they are all alike as regards immovable property, as no one of them has power in any case to give, mortgage, or sell it.
94, 95. Whatever share is enjoyed by each, must not be changed from him. If he should subsequently contest a distribution, which was made with his own consent, he shall be compelled by the king to content himself with his share, and shall be punished if he should persist in contention.

1.26.141

sādhāraṇaṛṇanyāsanihnave chadmanā kriyām /
pārśvahānikārīṃ kṛtvā balān naiva pradāpayet //

When the loan or mortgaging of joint property is concealed with a fraudulent purpose, the king. shall recover it from the cheat by artifice, but not use violence to extort it from him.

1.26.142

māyāvino dhṛtadhanāḥ krūrā lubdhāś ca ye narāḥ /
saṃprītyā sādhanīyās te svārthahānyā chalena vā //

Cheats, robbers of wealth, crafty and covetous men, shall be reclaimed by friendly expostulation, by the loss of their own property, or by stratagem.

1.26.143

sāhasaṃ sthāvarasvāmyaṃ prāgvibhāgaś ca rikthinām /
anumānena vijñeyaṃ na syur yatra ca sākṣiṇaḥ //

1.26.144

teṣām etāḥ kriyā loke pravartante svarikthiṣu /
vibhaktān avagaccheyur lekhyam apy antareṇa tān //

1.26.145

avibhaktaiś ca kartavyā vaiśvadevādikāḥ kriyāḥ //

1.26.146

balānubandhavyāghātahoḍhaṃ sāhasabhāvakam /
svasya bhogaḥ sthāvarasya vibhāgasya pṛthagdhanam //

1.26.147

pṛthagāyavyayadhanāḥ kusīdaṃ ca parasparam /
vaṇikpathaṃ ca ye kuryur vibhaktās te na saṃśayaḥ //

1.26.148

kāryam ucchrāvaṇālekhyaṃ vibhaktair bhrātṛbhir mithaḥ /
sākṣiṇo vā virodhārthaṃ vibhajadbhir aninditāḥ //

1.26.149

yenāṃśo yādṛśo bhuktas tasya taṃ na vicālayet //