Division of a Father's Wealth among the Sons of Different Wives

Verse 1 (13.82.1)

सर्वशास्त्रविधानज्ञ राजधर्मविदुत्तम । अतीव संशयच्छेत्ता भवान्वै प्रथितः क्षितौ ॥

sarvaśāstravidhānajña rājadharmaviduttama | atīva saṃśayacchettā bhavānvai prathitaḥ kṣitau

O knower of all the scriptures and their rules, best of those who know the duties of kings, you are renowned on earth as the one who cuts away doubts completely.

Verse 2 (13.82.2)

कश्चित्तु संशयो मेऽस्ति तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह । अस्यामापदि कष्टायामन्यं पृच्छाम कं वयम् । जातेऽस्मिन्संशये राजन्नान्यं पृच्छेम कञ्चन ॥

kaścittu saṃśayo me'sti tanme brūhi pitāmaha | asyāmāpadi kaṣṭāyāmanyaṃ pṛcchāma kaṃ vayam | jāte'sminsaṃśaye rājannānyaṃ pṛcchema kañcana

I have a doubt, grandfather; please resolve it for me. In this painful hour of need, whom else could we ask? Now that this doubt has arisen, O king, we could ask no one else.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki marks (backtick and closing quote mark) round line 2 and the doubled daṇḍa the page prints after it. Line 1 = CE 13.47.2a; line 2 = CE 13.47.2c (asyām āpadi kaṣṭāyām anyaṃ pṛcchāma kaṃ vayam); line 3 is not in the critical edition (vulgate only). The alignment found no match because of the added line.

Verse 3 (13.82.3)

यथा नरेण कर्तव्यं धर्ममार्गानुवर्तिना । एतत्सर्वं महाबाहो भवान्व्याख्यातुमर्हति ॥

yathā nareṇa kartavyaṃ dharmamārgānuvartinā | etatsarvaṃ mahābāho bhavānvyākhyātumarhati

Explain to me everything that a man who follows the path of dharma ought to do, O mighty-armed one.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 is a variant of CE 13.47.3a (the CE reads yaś ca dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ where Wikisource has धर्ममार्गानुवर्तिना); line 2 = CE 13.47.3c.

Verse 4 (13.82.4)

चतस्रो विहिता भार्या ब्राह्मणस्य पितामह । ब्राह्मणी क्षत्रिया वैश्या शूद्रा च रतिमिच्छतः ॥

catasro vihitā bhāryā brāhmaṇasya pitāmaha | brāhmaṇī kṣatriyā vaiśyā śūdrā ca ratimicchataḥ

Four wives are prescribed for a Brahmin, grandfather: a Brahmin woman, a Kshatriya woman, a Vaishya woman and a Shudra woman, for one who seeks pleasure.

Verse 5 (13.82.5)

तत्र जातेषु पुत्रेषु सर्वासां कुरुसत्तम । आनुपूर्व्येण कस्तेषां पित्र्यं दायाद्यमर्हति ॥

tatra jāteṣu putreṣu sarvāsāṃ kurusattama | ānupūrvyeṇa kasteṣāṃ pitryaṃ dāyādyamarhati

Among the sons born of all of them, O best of the Kurus, in what order does each become entitled to the father's inheritance?

Verse 6 (13.82.6)

केन वा किं ततो हार्यं पितृवित्तात्पितामह । एतदिच्छामि कथितं विभागस्तेषु कः स्मृतः ॥

kena vā kiṃ tato hāryaṃ pitṛvittātpitāmaha | etadicchāmi kathitaṃ vibhāgasteṣu kaḥ smṛtaḥ

And who is to take what from the father's wealth, grandfather? I wish to hear this told: what division among them is prescribed?

Verse 7 (13.82.7)

ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वैश्यस्त्रयो वर्णा द्विजातयः । एतेषु विहितो धर्मो ब्राह्मणस्य युधिष्ठिर ॥

brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyastrayo varṇā dvijātayaḥ | eteṣu vihito dharmo brāhmaṇasya yudhiṣṭhira

The Brahmin, the Kshatriya and the Vaishya are the three twice-born classes. Among these, Yudhishthira, the rule I shall give is the one laid down for the Brahmin.

Verse 8 (13.82.8)

वैषम्यादथवा लोभात्कामाद्वाऽपि परन्तप । ब्राह्मणस्य भवेच्छूद्रा न तु दृष्टा न तु स्मृता ॥

vaiṣamyādathavā lobhātkāmādvā'pi parantapa | brāhmaṇasya bhavecchūdrā na tu dṛṣṭā na tu smṛtā

Whether from perversity, greed or desire, O scorcher of foes, a Brahmin may come to have a Shudra wife; but she is neither seen in the revealed texts nor recorded in the traditional law.

Verse 9 (13.82.9)

शूद्रां शयनमारोप्य ब्राह्मणो यात्यधोगतिम् । प्रायश्चित्तीयते चापि विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥

śūdrāṃ śayanamāropya brāhmaṇo yātyadhogatim | prāyaścittīyate cāpi vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā

A Brahmin who takes a Shudra woman to his bed sinks to a lower state, and he must make atonement by the rite the law prescribes.

Note on the text: Corrected ब्राह्मणि → ब्राह्मणो (misprint in Wikisource; the subject must be nominative, as CE 13.47.9a has brāhmaṇaḥ). Both lines are a recension variant of CE 13.47.9a, c (CE: brāhmaṇaḥ pīḍito bhavet / … vidhidṛṣṭena hetunā); the alignment found no match.

Verse 10 (13.82.10)

तत्र जातेष्वपत्येषु द्विगुणं स्याद्युधिष्ठिर । अतस्ते नियमं वित्ते सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि भारत ॥

tatra jāteṣvapatyeṣu dviguṇaṃ syādyudhiṣṭhira | ataste niyamaṃ vitte sampravakṣyāmi bhārata

In the case of children born of such a union, the atonement is doubled, Yudhishthira. Therefore, Bharata, I shall now set out for you the rule concerning the wealth.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वाद् → स्याद् (misprint in Wikisource; CE 13.47.10a reads syād).

Verse 11 (13.82.11)

लक्षण्यं गोवृषो यानं यत्प्रधानतमं भवेत् । ब्राह्मण्यास्तद्धरेत्पुत्र एकांशं वै पितुर्धनात् ॥

lakṣaṇyaṃ govṛṣo yānaṃ yatpradhānatamaṃ bhavet | brāhmaṇyāstaddharetputra ekāṃśaṃ vai piturdhanāt

The auspicious bull, the carriage, and whatever else is the foremost of the property: the son of the Brahmin wife is to take that, as one special share, out of the father's wealth.

Verse 12 (13.82.12)

शेषं तु दशधा कार्यं ब्राह्मणस्वं युधिष्ठिर । तत्र तेनैव हर्तव्याश्चत्वारोंशाः पितुर्धनात् ॥

śeṣaṃ tu daśadhā kāryaṃ brāhmaṇasvaṃ yudhiṣṭhira | tatra tenaiva hartavyāścatvāroṃśāḥ piturdhanāt

The rest of the Brahmin's wealth, Yudhishthira, is to be divided into ten parts; and of these the same son takes four parts from the father's wealth.

Note on the text: Corrected एषं → शेषं (misprint in Wikisource; एषं is not a word here, CE 13.47.12a reads śeṣaṃ).

Verse 13 (13.82.13)

क्षत्रियायास्तु यः पुत्रो ब्राह्मणः सोप्यसंशयः । स तु मातुर्विशेषेण त्रीनंशान्हर्तुमर्हति ॥

kṣatriyāyāstu yaḥ putro brāhmaṇaḥ sopyasaṃśayaḥ | sa tu māturviśeṣeṇa trīnaṃśānhartumarhati

The son of the Kshatriya wife is also, beyond doubt, a Brahmin; but because of his mother's standing he is entitled to take three shares.

Note on the text: Corrected त्रियायास्तु → क्षत्रियायास्तु (misprint in Wikisource; dropped syllable क्ष, the sense is "of the Kshatriya wife", CE 13.47.13a reads kṣatriyāyās tu).

Verse 14 (13.82.14)

वर्णे तृतीये जातस्तु वैश्यायां ब्राह्मणादपि । द्विरंशस्तेन हर्तव्यो ब्राह्मणस्वाद्युधिष्ठिर ॥

varṇe tṛtīye jātastu vaiśyāyāṃ brāhmaṇādapi | dviraṃśastena hartavyo brāhmaṇasvādyudhiṣṭhira

The son born in the third class, of a Vaishya woman by a Brahmin, is to take two shares from the Brahmin's wealth, Yudhishthira.

Verse 15 (13.82.15)

शूद्रायां ब्राह्मणाज्जातो नित्यादेयधनः स्मृतः । अल्पं चापि प्रदातव्यं शूद्रापुत्राय भारत ॥

śūdrāyāṃ brāhmaṇājjāto nityādeyadhanaḥ smṛtaḥ | alpaṃ cāpi pradātavyaṃ śūdrāputrāya bhārata

The son born to a Brahmin of a Shudra woman is held to have no claim to wealth by right; yet something, however little, is to be given to the Shudra woman's son, Bharata.

Verse 16 (13.82.16)

दशधा प्रविभक्तस्य धनस्यैव भवेत्क्रमः । सवर्णासु तु जातानां समान्भागान्प्रकल्पयेत् ॥

daśadhā pravibhaktasya dhanasyaiva bhavetkramaḥ | savarṇāsu tu jātānāṃ samānbhāgānprakalpayet

This is the order for wealth divided into ten parts; but among sons born of wives of the same class, equal shares are to be assigned.

Verse 17 (13.82.17)

अब्राह्मणं तु मन्यन्ते शूद्रापुत्रमनैपुणात् । त्रिषु वर्णेषु जातो हि ब्राह्मणाद्ब्राह्मणो भवेत् ॥

abrāhmaṇaṃ tu manyante śūdrāputramanaipuṇāt | triṣu varṇeṣu jāto hi brāhmaṇādbrāhmaṇo bhavet

Because of his lack of competence, men regard the Shudra woman's son as not a Brahmin; but one born to a Brahmin in the three classes is a Brahmin.

Verse 18 (13.82.18)

स्मृताश्च वर्णाश्चत्वारः पञ्चमो नाधिगम्यते । हरेच्च दशमं भागं शूद्रापुत्रः पितुर्धनात् ॥

smṛtāśca varṇāścatvāraḥ pañcamo nādhigamyate | harecca daśamaṃ bhāgaṃ śūdrāputraḥ piturdhanāt

Four classes are recorded, and a fifth is not to be found. The Shudra woman's son takes a tenth part of the father's wealth.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; recension variant of CE 13.47.18a, c (CE: smṛtā varṇāś ca catvāraḥ … haret tu daśamaṃ bhāgaṃ).

Verse 19 (13.82.19)

तत्तु दत्तं हरेत्पित्रा नादत्तं हर्तुमर्हति । अवश्यं हि धनं देयं शूद्रापुत्राय भारत ॥

tattu dattaṃ haretpitrā nādattaṃ hartumarhati | avaśyaṃ hi dhanaṃ deyaṃ śūdrāputrāya bhārata

But that he may take only when the father has given it; he is not entitled to take what has not been given. Yet wealth must certainly be given to the Shudra woman's son, Bharata.

Verse 20 (13.82.20)

आनृशंस्यं परो धर्म इति तस्मै प्रदीयते । यत्रतत्र समुत्पन्नं गुणायैवोपपद्यते ॥

ānṛśaṃsyaṃ paro dharma iti tasmai pradīyate | yatratatra samutpannaṃ guṇāyaivopapadyate

Kindness is the highest duty, and so it is given to him; a gift made wherever and to whomever leads only to merit.

Verse 21 (13.82.21)

यद्यप्येष सुपुत्रः स्यादपुत्रो यदि वा भवेत् । नाधिकं दशमाद्दद्याच्छूद्रापुत्राय भारत ॥

yadyapyeṣa suputraḥ syādaputro yadi vā bhavet | nādhikaṃ daśamāddadyācchūdrāputrāya bhārata

Even if he is a worthy son, or even if the father has no other son, he should not give the Shudra woman's son more than a tenth, Bharata.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 is a variant of CE 13.47.21a (CE: yadi vāpy ekaputraḥ syād aputro yadi vā bhavet); line 2 = CE 13.47.21c.

Verse 22 (13.82.22)

स्मृत एकश्चतुर्भागः कन्याभागस्तु धर्मतः । अभ्रातृका समग्रार्हा चार्थस्येत्यपरे विदुः ॥

smṛta ekaścaturbhāgaḥ kanyābhāgastu dharmataḥ | abhrātṛkā samagrārhā cārthasyetyapare viduḥ

One fourth part is recorded as the unmarried daughter's share, by the law. A daughter who has no brother is entitled to the whole of the property, so others hold.

Note on the text: Removed the stray wiki marks (backtick, apostrophe and doubled daṇḍa) round this bracketed couplet. Corrected समग्राहा → समग्रार्हा and चार्धास्येत्यपरे → चार्थस्येत्यपरे (misprints in Wikisource; the CE star passage reads samagrārhā cārthasyety apare viduḥ). Not in the critical edition's constituted text: both lines are the CE star passage 13.47.21d*0308_01-02, printed there after 13.47.21d.

Verse 23 (13.82.23)

त्रैवार्षिकाद्यदा भक्तादधिकं स्याद्द्विजस्य तु । यजेत तेन द्रव्येण न वृथा साधयेद्धनम् ॥

traivārṣikādyadā bhaktādadhikaṃ syāddvijasya tu | yajeta tena dravyeṇa na vṛthā sādhayeddhanam

When a twice-born man has more than provisions for three years, he should perform sacrifice with that wealth; he should not amass wealth to no purpose.

Note on the text: Corrected त्रैवार्विकाद् → त्रैवार्षिकाद् (misprint in Wikisource; CE 13.47.22a reads traivārṣikād).

Verse 24 (13.82.24)

त्रिसहस्रपरो दायः स्त्रियै देयो धनस्य वै । भर्त्रा तच्च धनं दत्तं यथार्हं भोक्तुमर्हति ॥

trisahasraparo dāyaḥ striyai deyo dhanasya vai | bhartrā tacca dhanaṃ dattaṃ yathārhaṃ bhoktumarhati

A gift of wealth to a wife should not exceed three thousand; and whatever wealth her husband has given her, she is entitled to enjoy as is fitting.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; recension variant of CE 13.47.23a, c (CE: striyo deyo dhanasya vai / tac ca bhartrā dhanaṃ dattaṃ nādattaṃ bhoktum arhati).

Verse 25 (13.82.25)

स्त्रीणां तु पतिदायाद्यमुपभोगफलं स्मृतम् । नापहारं स्त्रियः कुर्युः पितृवित्तात्कथञ्चन ॥

strīṇāṃ tu patidāyādyamupabhogaphalaṃ smṛtam | nāpahāraṃ striyaḥ kuryuḥ pitṛvittātkathañcana

For women, what comes from the husband's inheritance is held to be only for their enjoyment; women must never appropriate any of the paternal estate.

Verse 26 (13.82.26)

स्त्रियास्तु यद्भवेद्वित्तं पित्रा दत्तं युधिष्ठिर । ब्राह्मण्यास्तद्धरेत्कन्या यथा पुत्रस्तथाऽस्य सा ॥

striyāstu yadbhavedvittaṃ pitrā dattaṃ yudhiṣṭhira | brāhmaṇyāstaddharetkanyā yathā putrastathā'sya sā

Whatever property a woman has received from her father, Yudhishthira, her daughter takes it from the Brahmin wife; for her she is as a son.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 = CE 13.47.25a; line 2 is a variant of CE 13.47.25c (CE: yathā putras tathā hi sā, Wikisource: तथाऽस्य सा).

Verse 27 (13.82.27)

सा हि पुत्रसमा राजन्विहिता कुरुनन्दन । एवमेव समुद्दिष्टो धर्मो वै भरतर्षभ । एवं धर्ममनुस्मृत्य न वृथा साधयेद्धनम् ॥

sā hi putrasamā rājanvihitā kurunandana | evameva samuddiṣṭo dharmo vai bharatarṣabha | evaṃ dharmamanusmṛtya na vṛthā sādhayeddhanam

For she is ordained to be like a son, O king, O joy of the Kurus. In this way the law has been laid down, best of the Bharatas. Remembering this law, one should not amass wealth to no purpose.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 = CE 13.47.25e (sā hi putrasamā rājan vihitā kurunandana, the third line of CE verse 25); lines 2-3 are variants of CE 13.47.26a, c (CE: evam etat samuddiṣṭaṃ dharmeṣu bharatarṣabha / etad dharmam anusmṛtya na vṛthā sādhayed dhanam).

Verse 28 (13.82.28)

शूद्रायां ब्राह्मणाज्जातो यद्यदेयधनः स्मृतः । केन प्रतिविशेषेण दशमोऽप्यस्य दीयते ॥

śūdrāyāṃ brāhmaṇājjāto yadyadeyadhanaḥ smṛtaḥ | kena prativiśeṣeṇa daśamo'pyasya dīyate

If the son born of a Shudra woman to a Brahmin is held to have no claim on the wealth, then for what special reason is even a tenth given to him?

Verse 29 (13.82.29)

ब्राह्मण्यां ब्राह्मणाज्जातो ब्राह्मणः स्यान्न संशयः । क्षत्रियायां तथैव स्याद्वैश्यायामपि चैव हि ॥

brāhmaṇyāṃ brāhmaṇājjāto brāhmaṇaḥ syānna saṃśayaḥ | kṣatriyāyāṃ tathaiva syādvaiśyāyāmapi caiva hi

A son born to a Brahmin of a Brahmin woman is a Brahmin, without doubt; and so it is too with a son of a Kshatriya woman, and of a Vaishya woman as well.

Verse 30 (13.82.30)

कस्मात्तु विषमं भागं भजेरन्नृपसत्तम । यदा सर्वे त्रयो वर्णास्त्वयोक्ता ब्राह्मणा इति ॥

kasmāttu viṣamaṃ bhāgaṃ bhajerannṛpasattama | yadā sarve trayo varṇāstvayoktā brāhmaṇā iti

Then why, best of kings, should they take unequal shares, when you have said that all three kinds of sons are Brahmins?

Verse 31 (13.82.31)

दारा इत्युच्यते लोके नाम्नैकेन परन्तप । प्रोक्तेन चैव नाम्नाऽयं विशेषः सुमहान्भवेत् ॥

dārā ityucyate loke nāmnaikena parantapa | proktena caiva nāmnā'yaṃ viśeṣaḥ sumahānbhavet

In the world, O scorcher of foes, wives are all called by the one name "wife"; but by the further name that is spoken, a very great difference arises.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रोक्तेनि → प्रोक्तेन (misprint in Wikisource; stray ि, CE 13.47.30c reads proktena).

Verse 32 (13.82.32)

तिस्रः कृत्वा पुरो भार्याः पश्चाद्विन्देत ब्राह्मणीम् । सा ज्येष्ठा सा च पूज्या स्यात्सा च ताभ्यो गरीयसी ॥

tisraḥ kṛtvā puro bhāryāḥ paścādvindeta brāhmaṇīm | sā jyeṣṭhā sā ca pūjyā syātsā ca tābhyo garīyasī

If a man first takes three wives and afterwards marries a Brahmin woman, she is the eldest, she is to be honoured, and she is more important than those three.

Verse 33 (13.82.33)

स्नानं प्रसाधनं भर्तुर्दन्तधावनमञ्जनम् । हव्यं कव्यं च यच्चान्यद्धर्मयुक्तं गृहे भवेत् ॥

snānaṃ prasādhanaṃ bharturdantadhāvanamañjanam | havyaṃ kavyaṃ ca yaccānyaddharmayuktaṃ gṛhe bhavet

Bathing, adorning her husband, the tooth-stick and the eye-salve, the offerings to gods and ancestors, and whatever else of dharma is to be done in the household:

Note on the text: Corrected उञ्जनम् → अञ्जनम् (misprint in Wikisource; CE 13.47.32a reads añjanam). Not matched by the alignment: line 2 is a variant of CE 13.47.32c (CE: dharmayuktaṃ bhaved gṛhe).

Verse 34 (13.82.34)

न तस्यां जातु तिष्ठन्त्यामन्या तत्कर्तुमर्हति । ब्राह्मणीत्वेव कुर्याद्वा ब्राह्मणस्य युधिष्ठिर ॥

na tasyāṃ jātu tiṣṭhantyāmanyā tatkartumarhati | brāhmaṇītveva kuryādvā brāhmaṇasya yudhiṣṭhira

while she is present, no other wife may do it; only the Brahmin wife is to do it for a Brahmin, Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; line 1 = CE 13.47.33a, line 2 is a variant of CE 13.47.33c (CE: brāhmaṇī tv eva tat kuryād).

Verse 35 (13.82.35)

अन्नं पानं च माल्यं च वासांस्याभरणानि च । ब्राह्मण्यैतानि देयानि भर्तुः सा हि गरीयसी ॥

annaṃ pānaṃ ca mālyaṃ ca vāsāṃsyābharaṇāni ca | brāhmaṇyaitāni deyāni bhartuḥ sā hi garīyasī

Food, drink, garlands, clothes and ornaments are to be given to the Brahmin wife, for she is the more important to her husband.

Verse 36 (13.82.36)

मनुनाऽभिहितं शास्त्रं यच्चापि कुरुनन्दन । तत्राप्येष महाराज दृष्टो धर्मः सनातनः ॥

manunā'bhihitaṃ śāstraṃ yaccāpi kurunandana | tatrāpyeṣa mahārāja dṛṣṭo dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ

In the law taught by Manu too, O joy of the Kurus, this same eternal dharma is seen, great king.

Verse 37 (13.82.37)

अथ चेदन्यथा कुर्याद्यदि कामाद्युधिष्ठिर । यथा ब्राह्मणचाण्डालः पूर्वदृष्टस्तथैव सः ॥

atha cedanyathā kuryādyadi kāmādyudhiṣṭhira | yathā brāhmaṇacāṇḍālaḥ pūrvadṛṣṭastathaiva saḥ

But if a man should act otherwise, Yudhishthira, out of desire, he is what was seen of old as a "Brahmin-Chandala".

Verse 38 (13.82.38)

ब्राह्मण्याः सदृशः पुत्रः क्षत्रियायाश्च यो भवेत् । राजन्विशेषो यस्त्वत्र वर्णयोरुभयोरपि ॥

brāhmaṇyāḥ sadṛśaḥ putraḥ kṣatriyāyāśca yo bhavet | rājanviśeṣo yastvatra varṇayorubhayorapi

Though the son of a Brahmin wife and the son of a Kshatriya wife are alike, O king, there is still a distinction here between the two classes.

Verse 39 (13.82.39)

न तु जात्या समा लोके ब्राह्मण्याः क्षत्रिया भवेत् । ब्राह्मण्याः प्रथमः पुत्रो भूयान्स्याद्राजसत्तम ॥

na tu jātyā samā loke brāhmaṇyāḥ kṣatriyā bhavet | brāhmaṇyāḥ prathamaḥ putro bhūyānsyādrājasattama

In birth a Kshatriya wife is never the equal of a Brahmin wife in the world. The Brahmin wife's first son should have the larger portion, best of kings.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines = CE 13.47.38a, 38c.

Verse 40 (13.82.40)

भूयोभूयोपि संहार्यः पितृवित्ताद्युधिष्ठिर । यथा न सदृशी जातु ब्राह्मण्याः क्षत्रिया भवेत् ॥

bhūyobhūyopi saṃhāryaḥ pitṛvittādyudhiṣṭhira | yathā na sadṛśī jātu brāhmaṇyāḥ kṣatriyā bhavet

More and still more is to be allotted to him from the father's wealth, Yudhishthira, since a Kshatriya wife can never be the equal of a Brahmin wife,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 is a variant of CE 13.47.38e (the third line of CE verse 38: bhūyo 'pi bhūyasā hāryaṃ pitṛvittād yudhiṣṭhira; Wikisource has भूयोभूयोपि संहार्यः); line 2 = CE 13.47.39a.

Verse 41 (13.82.41)

क्षत्रियायास्तथा वैश्या न जातु सदृशी भवेत् । श्रीश्च राज्यं च कोशश्च क्षत्रियाणां युधिष्ठिर ॥

kṣatriyāyāstathā vaiśyā na jātu sadṛśī bhavet | śrīśca rājyaṃ ca kośaśca kṣatriyāṇāṃ yudhiṣṭhira

nor can a Vaishya wife ever be the equal of a Kshatriya wife. Fortune, kingdom and treasury, Yudhishthira, belong to the Kshatriyas;

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; lines = CE 13.47.39c, 13.47.40a.

Verse 42 (13.82.42)

विहितं दृश्यते राजन्सागरान्तां च मेदिनीम् । क्षत्रियो हि स्वधर्मेण श्रियं प्राप्नोति भूयसीम् । राजा दण्डधरो राजन्रक्षा नान्यत्र क्षत्रियात् ॥

vihitaṃ dṛśyate rājansāgarāntāṃ ca medinīm | kṣatriyo hi svadharmeṇa śriyaṃ prāpnoti bhūyasīm | rājā daṇḍadharo rājanrakṣā nānyatra kṣatriyāt

and so is the earth that reaches to the oceans, O king. By his own dharma the Kshatriya wins the greatest prosperity. The king is the bearer of the rod, O king; there is no protection except from the Kshatriya.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; three-line verse on the page: line 1 is a variant of CE 13.47.40c (vihitaṃ dṛśyate rājan sāgarāntā ca medinī; Wikisource has सागरान्तां च मेदिनीम्), lines 2-3 = CE 13.47.41a, 41c.

Verse 43 (13.82.43)

ब्राह्मणा हि महाभाग देवानामपि देवताः । तेषु राजा प्रवर्तेत पूजया विधिपूर्वकम् ॥

brāhmaṇā hi mahābhāga devānāmapi devatāḥ | teṣu rājā pravarteta pūjayā vidhipūrvakam

Brahmins, O highly fortunate one, are gods even of the gods. Toward them a king should act with worship, according to the rule.

Verse 44 (13.82.44)

प्रणीतमृषिभिर्ज्ञात्वा धर्मं शाश्वतमव्ययम् । लुप्यमानं स्वधर्मेण क्षत्रियो रक्षति प्रजाः ॥

praṇītamṛṣibhirjñātvā dharmaṃ śāśvatamavyayam | lupyamānaṃ svadharmeṇa kṣatriyo rakṣati prajāḥ

Knowing the eternal, imperishable dharma laid down by the sages, the Kshatriya protects the people as it is being lost through neglect of their own duty.

Verse 45 (13.82.45)

दस्युभिर्ह्रियमाणं च धनं दारांश्च सर्वशः । सर्वेषामेव वर्णानां त्राता भवति पार्थिवः ॥

dasyubhirhriyamāṇaṃ ca dhanaṃ dārāṃśca sarvaśaḥ | sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ trātā bhavati pārthivaḥ

When wealth and wives are being carried off on every side by robbers, the king becomes the protector of all the classes.

Verse 46 (13.82.46)

भूयान्स्यात्क्षत्रियापुत्रो वैश्यापुत्रान्न संशयः । भूयस्तेनापि हर्तव्यं पितृवित्ताद्युधिष्ठिर ॥

bhūyānsyātkṣatriyāputro vaiśyāputrānna saṃśayaḥ | bhūyastenāpi hartavyaṃ pitṛvittādyudhiṣṭhira

The Kshatriya wife's son is certainly greater than the sons of a Vaishya wife, and he too is to take more from the father's wealth, Yudhishthira.

Verse 47 (13.82.47)

उक्तं ते विधिवद्राजन्ब्राह्मणस्य पितामह । इतरेषां तु वर्णानां कथं वै नियमो भवेत् ॥

uktaṃ te vidhivadrājanbrāhmaṇasya pitāmaha | itareṣāṃ tu varṇānāṃ kathaṃ vai niyamo bhavet

You have told me the rule for the Brahmin in due form, grandfather. What would the rule be for the other classes?

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; recension variant of CE 13.47.46a, c (CE: brāhmaṇasve … kathaṃ viniyamo bhavet). The CE's star lines 13.47.45d*0309_01-02, after the preceding verse, are not on the page.

Verse 48 (13.82.48)

क्षत्रियस्यापि भार्ये द्वे विहिते कुरुनन्दन । तृतीया च भवेच्छूद्रा न तु दृष्टा न तु स्मृता ॥

kṣatriyasyāpi bhārye dve vihite kurunandana | tṛtīyā ca bhavecchūdrā na tu dṛṣṭā na tu smṛtā

Two wives are prescribed for a Kshatriya as well, O joy of the Kurus; a third may be a Shudra woman, but she is neither seen in the revealed texts nor recorded in the traditional law.

Note on the text: Corrected स्मूता → स्मृता (misprint in Wikisource; CE 13.47.47c reads smṛtā).

Verse 49 (13.82.49)

एष एव क्रमो हि स्यात्क्षत्रियाणां युधिष्ठिर । अष्टधा तु भवेत्कार्यं क्षत्रियस्वं जनाधिप ॥

eṣa eva kramo hi syātkṣatriyāṇāṃ yudhiṣṭhira | aṣṭadhā tu bhavetkāryaṃ kṣatriyasvaṃ janādhipa

This same order holds for Kshatriyas, Yudhishthira. A Kshatriya's property is to be divided into eight parts, O lord of men.

Verse 50 (13.82.50)

क्षत्रियाया हरेत्पुत्रश्चतुरोंशान्पितुर्धनात् । युद्धावहारिकं यच्च पितुः स्यात्स हरेत्तु तत् ॥

kṣatriyāyā haretputraścaturoṃśānpiturdhanāt | yuddhāvahārikaṃ yacca pituḥ syātsa harettu tat

The Kshatriya wife's son takes four shares of the father's wealth, and whatever the father had taken in war, that he takes as well.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वात् → स्यात् (misprint in Wikisource; CE 13.47.49c reads syāt). Wikisource ends this couplet with a single daṇḍa where the double one is expected; the division is kept, since the couplet is exactly CE 13.47.49a, 49c and the next verse begins a new CE verse (13.47.50).

Verse 51 (13.82.51)

वैश्यापुत्रस्तु भागांस्त्रीञ्शूद्रापुत्रस्तथाष्टमम् । एकैव हि भवेद्भार्या वैश्यस्य कुरुनन्दन । द्वितीया तु भवेच्छूद्रा न तु दृष्टा न तु स्मृता ॥

vaiśyāputrastu bhāgāṃstrīñśūdrāputrastathāṣṭamam | ekaiva hi bhavedbhāryā vaiśyasya kurunandana | dvitīyā tu bhavecchūdrā na tu dṛṣṭā na tu smṛtā

The Vaishya wife's son takes three shares, and the Shudra woman's son the eighth. A Vaishya, O joy of the Kurus, should have only one wife; a second may be a Shudra woman, but she is neither seen in the revealed texts nor recorded in the traditional law.

Note on the text: Rebuilt from the raw page: Wikisource's table rows 51-55 each carry lines of the neighbouring verse (the verse-end marks on the page fall at the end of the first line of the next row, and the last line of row 56 is a stray "0"). Following the page's verse-end marks, this three-line verse is rows 51a, 51b, 52a. Lines = CE 13.47.50a (the CE's line 50c, "so 'pi dattaṃ haret pitrā …", comes later on the page, in the fifth rebuilt verse), 13.47.51a, 13.47.51c (CE: dvitīyā vā bhavec chūdrā na tu dṛṣṭāntataḥ smṛtā; Wikisource has तु for वा and न तु स्मृता).

Verse 52 (13.82.52)

वैश्यस्य वर्तमानस्य वैश्यायां भरतर्षभ । शूद्रायां चापि कौन्तेय तयोर्विनियमः स्मृतः ॥

vaiśyasya vartamānasya vaiśyāyāṃ bharatarṣabha | śūdrāyāṃ cāpi kaunteya tayorviniyamaḥ smṛtaḥ

For a Vaishya who has a Vaishya wife, best of the Bharatas, and also a Shudra wife, Kaunteya, the rule between the two is laid down thus.

Note on the text: Rebuilt from the raw page (see the note on the previous verse): rows 52b and 53a, which the page's verse-end mark joins into one verse. Lines = CE 13.47.52a, 13.47.52c (CE: śūdrāyāṃ caiva kaunteya).

Verse 53 (13.82.53)

पञ्चधा तु भवेत्कार्यं वैश्यस्वं भरतर्षभ । तयोरपत्ये वक्ष्यामि विभागं च जनाधिप ॥

pañcadhā tu bhavetkāryaṃ vaiśyasvaṃ bharatarṣabha | tayorapatye vakṣyāmi vibhāgaṃ ca janādhipa

A Vaishya's property is to be divided into five parts, best of the Bharatas; and I shall tell you, O lord of men, the division between the children of the two.

Note on the text: Rebuilt from the raw page (see the note two verses back): rows 53b and 54a. Lines = CE 13.47.53a, 13.47.53c.

Verse 54 (13.82.54)

वैश्यापुत्रेण हर्तव्याश्चत्वारोंशाः पितुर्धनात् । पञ्चमस्तु स्मृतो भागः शूद्रापुत्राय भारत ॥

vaiśyāputreṇa hartavyāścatvāroṃśāḥ piturdhanāt | pañcamastu smṛto bhāgaḥ śūdrāputrāya bhārata

The Vaishya wife's son takes four shares from the father's wealth, and the fifth share, Bharata, is reckoned for the Shudra woman's son.

Note on the text: Rebuilt from the raw page (see the note three verses back): rows 54b and 55a. Corrected स्मृतोः → स्मृतो (misprint in Wikisource; stray visarga). Lines = CE 13.47.54a, 13.47.54c (CE: pañcamas tu bhaved bhāgaḥ).

Verse 55 (13.82.55)

सोपि दत्तं हरेत्पित्रा नादत्तं हर्तुमर्हति । त्रिभिर्वर्णैः सदा जातः शूद्रो देयधनो भवेत् ॥

sopi dattaṃ haretpitrā nādattaṃ hartumarhati | tribhirvarṇaiḥ sadā jātaḥ śūdro deyadhano bhavet

He too may take only what the father has given; he is not entitled to take what has not been given. A Shudra son born to men of the three classes is always one to whom something is to be given.

Note on the text: Rebuilt from the raw page (see the note four verses back): rows 55b and 56a. Corrected त्रिमिर्वर्णैः → त्रिभिर्वर्णैः (misprint in Wikisource; म for भ, CE 13.47.55c reads tribhir varṇais). Lines = CE 13.47.55a, 13.47.55c. The "0" printed on the page after this verse (the second line of row 56) stands in for no text and is dropped.

Verse 56 (13.82.56)

शूद्रस्य स्यात्सवर्णैव भार्या नान्या कथञ्चन । समभागाश्च पुत्राः स्युर्यदि पुत्रशतं भवेत् ॥

śūdrasya syātsavarṇaiva bhāryā nānyā kathañcana | samabhāgāśca putrāḥ syuryadi putraśataṃ bhavet

A Shudra should have only a wife of his own class, never another; and if he has a hundred sons, they are to take equal shares.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 = CE 13.47.56a; line 2 is a variant of CE 13.47.56c (CE: śūdrasya samabhāgaḥ syād yadi putraśataṃ bhavet). On the page this verse is rows 57a-57b; the stray "0" printed before it is dropped (see the previous verse).

Verse 57 (13.82.57)

जातानां समवर्णायाः पुत्राणामविशेषतः । सर्वेषामेव वर्णानां समभागो धनात्स्मृतः ॥

jātānāṃ samavarṇāyāḥ putrāṇāmaviśeṣataḥ | sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ samabhāgo dhanātsmṛtaḥ

Among sons born of a wife of the same class there is no distinction among them; for all the classes an equal share in the wealth is laid down.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment; recension variant of CE 13.47.57a, c (CE: jātānāṃ samavarṇāsu putrāṇām aviśeṣataḥ / sarveṣām eva varṇānāṃ samabhāgo dhane smṛtaḥ).

Verse 58 (13.82.58)

ज्येष्ठस्य भागो ज्येष्ठः स्यादेकांशो यः प्रधानतः । एष दायविधिः पार्थ पूर्वमुक्तः स्वयंभुवा ॥

jyeṣṭhasya bhāgo jyeṣṭhaḥ syādekāṃśo yaḥ pradhānataḥ | eṣa dāyavidhiḥ pārtha pūrvamuktaḥ svayaṃbhuvā

The eldest's share is to be the "eldest" one, the single share that is chief. This, Partha, is the rule of inheritance declared of old by the Self-existent.

Verse 59 (13.82.59)

समवर्णासु जातानां विशेषोऽस्त्यपरो नृप । विवाहवैशिष्ट्यकृतः पूर्वपूर्वो विशिष्यते ॥

samavarṇāsu jātānāṃ viśeṣo'styaparo nṛpa | vivāhavaiśiṣṭyakṛtaḥ pūrvapūrvo viśiṣyate

Among sons born of wives of the same class there is yet another distinction, O king: it is made by the standing of the marriage, and each earlier one outranks the one after.

Verse 60 (13.82.60)

हरेज्ज्येष्ठः प्रधानांशमेकभार्यासुतेष्वपि । मध्यमो मध्यमं चैव कनीयांस्तु कनीयसम् ॥

harejjyeṣṭhaḥ pradhānāṃśamekabhāryāsuteṣvapi | madhyamo madhyamaṃ caiva kanīyāṃstu kanīyasam

Even among the sons of one wife, the eldest takes the chief share, the middle one the middle share, and the youngest the youngest share.

Verse 61 (13.82.61)

एवं जातिषु सर्वासु सवर्णः श्रेष्ठतां गतः । महर्षिरपि चैतद्वै मारीचः काश्यपोऽब्रवीत् ॥

evaṃ jātiṣu sarvāsu savarṇaḥ śreṣṭhatāṃ gataḥ | maharṣirapi caitadvai mārīcaḥ kāśyapo'bravīt

Thus among all the classes the son of a wife of the same class has attained pre-eminence. The great sage Kashyapa, son of Marichi, has said this too.