Vaishnava Dharmashastra 20.39
Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 20.39
- Language
- Sanskrit
20.39
mṛto 'pi bāndhavaḥ śakto nānugantuṃ naraṃ mṛtam
jāyāvarjaṃ hi sarvasya yāmyaḥ panthā virudhyate //
Even were he to die with him, a kinsman is unable to follow his dead relative: all excepting his wife are forbidden to follow him on the path of Yama.
Translations (1)
- The Institutes of Vishnu — Julius Jolly 1880, English
Commentaries (2)
- Keśavavaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita, Sanskrit
- Vaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita alias Vināyakapaṇḍita, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) — Julius Jolly & Batakrishna Ghosh, English