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# The Law Code of Yājñavalkya 1.10.21

Mitākṣarā (Ṛjumitākṣarā) 1.10.21

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.10.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya!mitaksara.1.10.21)

paradāreṣu jāyete dvau sutau kuṇḍagolakau |  
patyau jīvati kuṇḍaḥ syān mṛte bhartari golakaḥ ||  
(MDh 3.174)

> "Two sons are born of another's wife: a kuṇḍa and a golaka; / while the husband is alive he is a kuṇḍa, and when the husband has died he is a golaka,"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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