History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c31.5
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c31.5
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¹⁴³¹ Dr. Jolly in his translation of Nārada (S. B. E. vol. 33 pp. 175-176) renders this verse of Nārada differently; but his rendering appears to me to be incorrect. The 3rd kind of punarbhū refers to the practice of niyoga; the 4th kind of svairiṇī is one who is allowed to have intercourse by her elders for procreating a son for her deceased husband but without observing the strict rules of niyoga laid down in the smṛtis. That is the difference between the two. The action of the स्वैरिणी is described as साहस, as it is no more than *vyabhicāra*, though with the elder's permission.