History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.335
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.335
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The Mahābhārata has certain interesting verses on the transference of the effects of *karma* to one's descendants. The Ādiparva states 'if the consequences of sin are not seen affecting the perpetrator, they will surely be seen in the sons or grandsons'. This again is an *arthavāda*.²⁵⁸⁶