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कूटशासनकर्तॄंश्च प्रकृतीनां च दूषकान् ।
स्त्रीबालब्राह्मणघ्नांश्च हन्याद्द्विट्सेविनस्तथा । । ९.२३२ । ।
- Forgers of royal edicts, those who corrupt his ministers, those who slay women, infants, or Brahmanas, and those who serve his enemies, the king shall put to death. (Ⅲ)
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तीरितं चानुशिष्टं च यत्र क्व चन यद्भवेत् ।
कृतं तद्धर्मतो विद्यान्न तद्भूयो निवर्तयेत् । । ९.२३३ । ।
- Whenever any (legal transaction) has been completed or (a punishment) been inflicted according to the law, he shall sanction it and not annul it. (Ⅲ)
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व्रीहयः शालयो मुद्गास्तिला माषास्तथा यवाः ।
यथाबीजं प्ररोहन्ति लशुनानीक्षवस्तथा । । ९.३९ । ।
- The rice (called) vrihi and (that called) sali, mudga-beans, sesamum, masha-beans, barley, leeks, and sugar-cane, (all) spring up according to their seed. (Ⅲ)
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अन्यदुप्तं जातं अन्यदित्येतन्नोपपद्यते ।
उप्यते यद्धि यद्बीजं तत्तदेव प्ररोहति । । ९.४० । ।
- That one (plant) should be sown and another be produced cannot happen; whatever seed is sown, (a plant of) that kind even comes forth. (Ⅲ)
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तत्प्राज्ञेन विनीतेन ज्ञानविज्ञानवेदिना ।
आयुष्कामेन वप्तव्यं न जातु परयोषिति । । ९.४१ । ।
- Never therefore must a prudent well-trained man, who knows the Veda and its Angas and desires long life, cohabit with another's wife. (Ⅲ)
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अत्र गाथा वायुगीताः कीर्तयन्ति पुराविदः ।
यथा बीजं न वप्तव्यं पुंसा परपरिग्रहे । । ९.४२ । ।
- With respect to this (matter), those acquainted with the past recite some stanzas, sung by Vayu (the Wind, to show) that seed must not be sown by (any) man on that which belongs to another. (Ⅲ)
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नश्यतीषुर्यथा विद्धः खे विद्धं अनुविध्यतः ।
तथा नश्यति वै क्षिप्रं बीजं परपरिग्रहे । । ९.४३ । ।
- As the arrow, shot by (a hunter) who afterwards hits a wounded (deer) in the wound (made by another), is shot in vain, even so the seed, sown on what belongs to another, is quickly lost (to the sower). (Ⅲ)
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पृथोरपीमां पृथिवीं भार्यां पूर्वविदो विदुः ।
स्थाणुच्छेदस्य केदारं आहुः शाल्यवतो मृगम् । । ९.४४ । ।
- (Sages) who know the past call this earth (prithivi) even the wife of Prithu; they declare a field to belong to him who cleared away the timber, and a deer to him who (first) wounded it. (Ⅲ)
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एतावानेव पुरुषो यज्जायात्मा प्रजेति ह ।
विप्राः प्राहुस्तथा चैतद्यो भर्ता सा स्मृताङ्गना । । ९.४५ । ।
- He only is a perfect man who consists (of three persons united), his wife, himself, and his offspring; thus (says the Veda), and (learned) Brahmanas propound this (maxim) likewise, 'The husband is declared to be one with the wife.' (Ⅲ)
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न निष्क्रयविसर्गाभ्यां भर्तुर्भार्या विमुच्यते ।
एवं धर्मं विजानीमः प्राक्प्रजापतिनिर्मितम् । । ९.४६ । ।
- Neither by sale nor by repudiation is a wife released from her husband; such we know the law to be, which the Lord of creatures (Pragapati) made of old. (Ⅲ)
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सकृदंशो निपतति सकृत्कन्या प्रदीयते ।
सकृदाह ददानीति त्रीण्येतानि सतां सकृत् । । ९.४७ । ।
- Once is the partition (of the inheritance) made, (once is) a maiden given in marriage, (and) once does (a man) say,' I will give;' each of those three (acts is done) once only. (Ⅲ)
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यथा गोऽश्वोष्ट्रदासीषु महिष्यजाविकासु च ।
नोत्पादकः प्रजाभागी तथैवान्याङ्गनास्वपि । । ९.४८ । ।
- As with cows, mares, female camels, slave-girls, buffalo-cows, she-goats, and ewes, it is not the begetter (or his owner) who obtains the offspring, even thus (it is) with the wives of others. (Ⅲ)
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येऽक्षेत्रिणो बीजवन्तः परक्षेत्रप्रवापिणः ।
ते वै सस्यस्य जातस्य न लभन्ते फलं क्व चित् । । ९.४९ । ।
- Those who, having no property in a field, but possessing seed-corn, sow it in another's soil, do indeed not receive the grain of the crop which may spring up. (Ⅲ)
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यदन्यगोषु वृषभो वत्सानां जनयेच्छतम् ।
गोमिनां एव ते वत्सा मोघं स्कन्दितं आर्षभम् । । ९.५० । ।
- If (one man's) bull were to beget a hundred calves on another man's cows, they would belong to the owner of the cows; in vain would the bull have spent his strength. (Ⅲ)
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तथैवाक्षेत्रिणो बीजं परक्षेत्रप्रवापिणः ।
कुर्वन्ति क्षेत्रिणां अर्थं न बीजी लभते फलम् । । ९.५१ । ।
- Thus men who have no marital property in women, but sow their seed in the soil of others, benefit the owner of the woman; but the giver of the seed reaps no advantage. (Ⅲ)
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फलं त्वनभिसंधाय क्षेत्रिणां बीजिनां तथा ।
प्रत्यक्षं क्षेत्रिणां अर्थो बीजाद्योनिर्गलीयसी । । ९.५२ । ।
- If no agreement with respect to the crop has been made between the owner of the field and the owner of the seed, the benefit clearly belongs to the owner of the field; the receptacle is more important than the seed. (Ⅲ)
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क्रियाभ्युपगमात्त्वेतद्बीजार्थं यत्प्रदीयते ।
तस्येह भागिनौ दृष्टौ बीजी क्षेत्रिक एव च । । ९.५३ । ।
- But if by a special contract (a field) is made over (to another) for sowing, then the owner of the seed and the owner of the soil are both considered in this world as sharers of the (crop). (Ⅲ)
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ओघवाताहृतं बीजं यस्य क्षेत्रे प्ररोहति ।
क्षेत्रिकस्यैव तद्बीजं न वप्ता लभते फलम् । । ९.५४ । ।
- If seed be carried by water or wind into somebody's field and germinates (there), the (plant sprung from that) seed belongs even to the owner of the field, the owner of the seed does not receive the crop. (Ⅲ)
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एष धर्मो गवाश्वस्य दास्युष्ट्राजाविकस्य च ।
विहंगमहिषीणां च विज्ञेयः प्रसवं प्रति । । ९.५५ । ।
- Know that such is the law concerning the offspring of cows, mares, slave-girls, female camels, she-goats, and ewes, as well as of females of birds and buffalo-cows. (Ⅲ)
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एतद्वः सारफल्गुत्वं बीजयोन्योः प्रकीर्तितम् ।
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि योषितां धर्मं आपदि । । ९.५६ । ।
- Thus the comparative importance of the seed and of the womb has been declared to you; I will next propound the law (applicable) to women in times of misfortune. (Ⅲ)
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भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य भार्या या गुरुपत्न्यनुजस्य सा ।
यवीयसस्तु या भार्या स्नुषा ज्येष्ठस्य सा स्मृता । । ९.५७ । ।
- The wife of an elder brother is for his younger (brother) the wife of a Guru; but the wife of the younger is declared (to be) the daughter-in-law of the elder. (Ⅲ)
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ज्येष्ठो यवीयसो भार्यां यवीयान्वाग्रजस्त्रियम् ।
पतितौ भवतो गत्वा नियुक्तावप्यनापदि । । ९.५८ । ।
- An elder (brother) who approaches the wife of the younger, and a younger (brother who approaches) the wife of the elder, except in times of misfortune, both become outcasts, even though (they were duly) authorised. (Ⅲ)
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देवराद्वा सपिण्डाद्वा स्त्रिया सम्यङ्नियुक्तया ।
प्रजेप्सिताआधिगन्तव्या संतानस्य परिक्षये । । ९.५९ । ।
- On failure of issue (by her husband) a woman who has been authorised, may obtain, (in the) proper (manner prescribed), the desired offspring by (cohabitation with) a brother-in-law or (with some other) Sapinda (of the husband). (Ⅲ)
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विधवायां नियुक्तस्तु घृताक्तो वाग्यतो निशि ।
एकं उत्पादयेत्पुत्रं न द्वितीयं कथं चन । । ९.६० । ।
- He (who is) appointed to (cohabit with) the widow shall (approach her) at night anointed with clarified butter and silent, (and) beget one son, by no means a second. (Ⅲ)
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द्वितीयं एके प्रजनं मन्यन्ते स्त्रीषु तद्विदः ।
अनिर्वृतं नियोगार्थं पश्यन्तो धर्मतस्तयोः । । ९.६१ । ।
- Some (sages), versed in the law, considering the purpose of the appointment not to have been attained by those two (on the birth of the first), think that a second (son) may be lawfully procreated on (such) women. (Ⅲ)
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विधवायां नियोगार्थे निर्वृत्ते तु यथाविधि ।
गुरुवच्च स्नुषावच्च वर्तेयातां परस्परम् । । ९.६२ । ।
- But when the purpose of the appointment to (cohabit with) the widow bas been attained in accordance with the law, those two shall behave towards each other like a father and a daughter-in-law. (Ⅲ)
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नियुक्तौ यौ विधिं हित्वा वर्तेयातां तु कामतः ।
तावुभौ पतितौ स्यातां स्नुषागगुरुतल्पगौ । । ९.६३ । ।
- If those two (being thus) appointed deviate from the rule and act from carnal desire, they will both become outcasts, (as men) who defile the bed of a daughter-in-law or of a Guru. (Ⅲ)
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नान्यस्मिन्विधवा नारी नियोक्तव्या द्विजातिभिः ।
अन्यस्मिन्हि नियुञ्जाना धर्मं हन्युः सनातनम् । । ९.६४ । ।
- By twice-born men a widow must not be appointed to (cohabit with) any other (than her husband); for they who appoint (her) to another (man), will violate the eternal law. (Ⅲ)
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नोद्वाहिकेषु मन्त्रेषु नियोगः कीर्त्यते क्व चित् ।
न विवाहविधावुक्तं विधवावेदनं पुनः । । ९.६५ । ।
- In the sacred texts which refer to marriage the appointment (of widows) is nowhere mentioned, nor is the re-marriage of widows prescribed in the rules concerning marriage. (Ⅲ)
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अयं द्विजैर्हि विद्वद्भिः पशुधर्मो विगर्हितः ।
मनुष्याणां अपि प्रोक्तो वेने राज्यं प्रशासति । । ९.६६ । ।
- This practice which is reprehended by the learned of the twice-born castes as fit for cattle is said (to have occurred) even among men, while Vena ruled. (Ⅲ)
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स महीं अखिलां भुञ्जन्राजर्षिप्रवरः पुरा ।
वर्णानां संकरं चक्रे कामोपहतचेतनः । । ९.६७ । ।
- That chief of royal sages who formerly possessed the whole world, caused a confusion of the castes (varna), his intellect being destroyed by lust. (Ⅲ)
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ततः प्रभृति यो मोहात्प्रमीतपतिकां स्त्रियम् ।
नियोजयत्यपत्यार्थं तं विगर्हन्ति साधवः । । ९.६८ । ।
- Since that (time) the virtuous censure that (man) who in his folly appoints a woman, whose husband died, to (bear) children (to another man). (Ⅲ)
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यस्या म्रियेत कन्याया वाचा सत्ये कृते पतिः ।
तां अनेन विधानेन निजो विन्देत देवरः । । ९.६९ । ।
- If the (future) husband of a maiden dies after troth verbally plighted, her brother-in-law shall wed her according to the following rule. (Ⅲ)
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यथाविध्यधिगम्यैनां शुक्लवस्त्रां शुचिव्रताम् ।
मिथो भजेता प्रसवात्सकृत्सकृदृतावृतौ । । ९.७० । ।
- Having, according to the rule, espoused her (who must be) clad in white garments and be intent on purity, he shall approach her once in each proper season until issue (be had). (Ⅲ)
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न दत्त्वा कस्य चित्कन्यां पुनर्दद्याद्विचक्षणः ।
दत्त्वा पुनः प्रयच्छन्हि प्राप्नोति पुरुषानृतम् । । ९.७१ । ।
- Let no prudent man, after giving his daughter to one (man), give her again to another; for he who gives (his daughter) whom he had before given, incurs (the guilt of) speaking falsely regarding a human being. (Ⅲ)
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विधिवत्प्रतिगृह्यापि त्यजेत्कन्यां विगर्हिताम् ।
व्याधितां विप्रदुष्टां वा छद्मना चोपपादिताम् । । ९.७२ । ।
- Though (a man) may have accepted a damsel in due form, he may abandon (her if she be) blemished, diseased, or deflowered, and (if she have been) given with fraud. (Ⅲ)
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यस्तु दोषवतीं कन्यां अनाख्यायोपपादयेत् ।
तस्य तद्वितथं कुर्यात्कन्यादातुर्दुरात्मनः । । ९.७३ । ।
- If anybody gives away a maiden possessing blemishes without declaring them, (the bridegroom) may annul that (contract) with the evil-minded giver. (Ⅲ)
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प्रोषितो धर्मकार्यार्थं प्रतीक्ष्योऽष्टौ नरः समाः ।
विद्यार्थं षड्यशोऽर्थं वा कामार्थं त्रींस्तु वत्सरान् । । ९.७६ । ।
- If the husband went abroad for some sacred duty, (she) must wait for him eight years, if (he went) to (acquire) learning or fame six (years), if (he went) for pleasure three years. (Ⅲ)
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संवत्सरं प्रतीक्षेत द्विषन्तीं योषितं पतिः ।
ऊर्ध्वं संवत्सरात्त्वेनां दायं हृत्वा न संवसेत् । । ९.७७ । ।
- For one year let a husband bear with a wife who hates him; but after (the lapse of) a year let him deprive her of her property and cease to cohabit with her. (Ⅲ)
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अतिक्रामेत्प्रमत्तं या मत्तं रोगार्तं एव वा ।
सा त्रीन्मासान्परित्याज्या विभूषणपरिच्छदा । । ९.७८ । ।
- She who shows disrespect to (a husband) who is addicted to (some evil) passion, is a drunkard, or diseased, shall be deserted for three months (and be) deprived of her ornaments and furniture. (Ⅲ)
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उन्मत्तं पतितं क्लीबं अबीजं पापरोगिणम् ।
न त्यागोऽस्ति द्विषन्त्याश्च न च दायापवर्तनम् । । ९.७९ । ।
- But she who shows aversion towards a mad or outcast (husband), a eunuch, one destitute of manly strength, or one afflicted with such diseases as punish crimes, shall neither be cast off nor be deprived of her property. (Ⅲ)
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मद्यपासाधुवृत्ता च प्रतिकूला च या भवेत् ।
व्याधिता वाधिवेत्तव्या हिंस्रार्थघ्नी च सर्वदा । । ९.८० । ।
- She who drinks spirituous liquor, is of bad conduct, rebellious, diseased, mischievous, or wasteful, may at any time be superseded (by another wife). (Ⅲ)
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वन्ध्याष्टमेऽधिवेद्याऽअब्दे दशमे तु मृतप्रजा ।
एकादशे स्त्रीजननी सद्यस्त्वप्रियवादिनी । । ९.८१ । ।
- A barren wife may be superseded in the eighth year, she whose children (all) die in the tenth, she who bears only daughters in the eleventh, but she who is quarrelsome without delay. (Ⅲ)
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या रोगिणी स्यात्तु हिता संपन्ना चैव शीलतः ।
सानुज्ञाप्याधिवेत्तव्या नावमान्या च कर्हि चित् । । ९.८२ । ।
- But a sick wife who is kind (to her husband) and virtuous in her conduct, may be superseded (only) with her own consent and must never be disgraced. (Ⅲ)
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9.
83
अधिविन्ना तु या नारी निर्गच्छेद्रुषिता गृहात् ।
सा सद्यः संनिरोद्धव्या त्याज्या वा कुलसंनिधौ । । ९.८३ । ।
- A wife who, being superseded, in anger departs from (her husband's) house, must either be instantly confined or cast off in the presence of the family. (Ⅲ)
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9.
84
प्रतिषिद्धापि चेद्या तु मद्यं अभ्युदयेष्वपि ।
प्रेक्षासमाजं गच्छेद्वा सा दण्ड्या कृष्णलानि षट् । । ९.८४ । ।
- But she who, though having been forbidden, drinks spirituous liquor even at festivals, or goes to public spectacles or assemblies, shall be fined six krishnalas. (Ⅲ)
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9.
85
यदि स्वाश्चापराश्चैव विन्देरन्योषितो द्विजाः ।
तासां वर्णक्रमेण स्याज्ज्येष्ठ्यं पूजा च वेश्म च । । ९.८५ । ।
- If twice-born men wed women of their own and of other (lower castes), the seniority, honour, and habitation of those (wives) must be (settled) according to the order of the castes (varna). (Ⅲ)
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9.
86
भर्तुः शरीरशुश्रूषां धर्मकार्यं च नैत्यकम् ।
स्वा चैव कुर्यात्सर्वेषां नास्वजातिः कथं चन । । ९.८६ । ।
- Among all (twice-born men) the wife of equal caste alone, not a wife of a different caste by any means, shall personally attend her husband and assist him in his daily sacred rites. (Ⅲ)
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9.
87
यस्तु तत्कारयेन्मोहात्सजात्या स्थितयान्यया ।
यथा ब्राह्मणचाण्डालः पूर्वदृष्टस्तथैव सः । । ९.८७ । ।
- But he who foolishly causes that (duty) to be performed by another, while his wife of equal caste is alive, is declared by the ancients (to be) as (despicable) as a Kandala (sprung from the) Brahmana (caste). (Ⅲ)
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88
उत्कृष्टायाभिरूपाय वराय सदृशाय च ।
अप्राप्तां अपि तां तस्मै कन्यां दद्याद्यथाविधि । । ९.८८ । ।
- To a distinguished, handsome suitor (of) equal (caste) should (a father) give his daughter in accordance with the prescribed rule, though she have not attained (the proper age). (Ⅲ)
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