Arthashastra

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अनीश्वराः पितृमन्तः स्थित पितृ मातृकाः पुत्राः ॥

SONS whose fathers and mothers or ancestors are alive cannot be independent (anísvarah).

english translation

anIzvarAH pitRmantaH sthita pitR mAtRkAH putrAH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तेषाम् ऊर्ध्वं पितृतो दाय विभागः पितृ द्रव्याणाम् ॥

After their time, division of ancestral property among descendants from the same ancestor shall take place, calculating per sterpes (according to fathers).

english translation

teSAm UrdhvaM pitRto dAya vibhAgaH pitR dravyANAm ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

स्वयं आर्जितम् अविभाज्यम्, अन्यत्र पितृ द्रव्याद् उत्थितेभ्यः ॥

Self-acquired property of any of the sons with the exception of that kind of property which is earned by means of parental property is not divisible.

english translation

svayaM Arjitam avibhAjyam, anyatra pitR dravyAd utthitebhyaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

पितृ द्रव्याद् अविभक्त उपगतानां पुत्राः पौत्रा वा आ चतुर्थाद् इत्य् अंश भाजः ॥

Sons or grandsons till the fourth generation from the first parent shall also have prescribed shares (amsabhájah) in that property which is acquired by means of their undivided ancestral property;

english translation

pitR dravyAd avibhakta upagatAnAM putrAH pautrA vA A caturthAd ity aMza bhAjaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तावद् अविच्छिन्नः पिण्डो भवति ॥

for the line (pindah) as far as the fourth generation is uninterrupted (avichchhinnah).

english translation

tAvad avicchinnaH piNDo bhavati ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript