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# Vaishnava Dharmashastra 18.43

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 18.43

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [18.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.18.43)

paitṛkaṃ tu yadā dravyam anavāptaṃ yad āpnuyāt  
na tat putrair bhajet sārdham akāmaḥ svayam arjitam //

> And if a man recovers (a debt or other property), which could not before be recovered by his father, he shall not, unless by his own free will, divide it with his sons; for it is an acquisition made by himself.  
> — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu

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## Translations (1)

- [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.18.43) — Julius Jolly 1880, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vivādacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.vivadacintamani.2.p181.1) — Vācaspatimiśra (Maithila smārta), Sanskrit

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