[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v5.c72.154 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.154 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.154 - **Language:** English ### [v5.c72.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.154) ⁵²⁸ मृतायामपि भार्यायां वैदिकाग्निं न हि त्यजेत्। उपाधिनापि तत्कर्म यावज्जीवं समापयेत्॥ रामोऽपि कृत्वा सौवर्णी सीतां पत्नीं यशस्विनीम्। ईजे यज्ञैर्बहुविधैः सह भ्रातृभिरन्वितैः॥ गोभिलस्मृति III 9-10, the first being quoted by अपरार्क p 114 as विष्णु's It is also quoted by गृहस्थरत्नाकर p 110 अपरार्क does not accept the interpretation that the verse मृतायां etc allows the householder to have an image of his deceased wife beside him while performing a Vedic sacrifice The words 'उपाधिनापि' according to Aparārka mean that he may marry a woman not of the same varṇa Both verses are q by शुद्धिमकाश (pp. 164-165) which summarises various views on this point - [Previous: v5.c72.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.153) - [Next: v5.c72.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.155) - [Up: v5.c72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72) ## Cites (2) - [Karmapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.samaveda.karmapradipa.3.9) — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.154) · Pramāṇa