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अकृता वा कृता वाऽपि यं विन्देत् सदृशात् सुतम् । पौत्री मातामहस्तेन दद्यात् पिण्डं हरेद् धनम् ॥ १३६ ॥

Through that son whom (a daughter), either not appointed or appointed, may bear to (a husband) of equal (caste), his maternal grandfather (has) a son’s son; he shall present the funeral cake and take the estate.

english translation

akRtA vA kRtA vA'pi yaM vindet sadRzAt sutam | pautrI mAtAmahastena dadyAt piNDaM hared dhanam || 136 ||

137

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पुत्रेण लोकान्जयति पौत्रेणानन्त्यमश्नुते । अथ पुत्रस्य पौत्रेण ब्रध्नस्याप्नोति विष्टपम् ॥ १३७ ॥

Through a son he conquers the worlds, through a son’s son he obtains immortality, but through his son’s grandson he gains the world of the sun.

english translation

putreNa lokAnjayati pautreNAnantyamaznute | atha putrasya pautreNa bradhnasyApnoti viSTapam || 137 ||

138

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पुन्नाम्नो नरकाद् यस्मात् त्रायते पितरं सुतः । तस्मात् पुत्र इति प्रोक्तः स्वयमेव स्वयम्भुवा ॥ १३८ ॥

Because a son delivers (trayate) his father from the hell called Put, he was therefore called put-tra (a deliverer from Put) by the Self-existent (Svayambhu) himself.

english translation

punnAmno narakAd yasmAt trAyate pitaraM sutaH | tasmAt putra iti proktaH svayameva svayambhuvA || 138 ||

139

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पौत्रदौहित्रयोर्लोके विशेषो नोपपद्यते । दौहित्रोऽपि ह्यमुत्रैनं सन्तारयति पौत्रवत् ॥ १३९ ॥

Between a son’s son and the son of a daughter there exists in this world no difference; for even the son of a daughter saves him (who has no sons) in the next world, like the son’s son.

english translation

pautradauhitrayorloke vizeSo nopapadyate | dauhitro'pi hyamutrainaM santArayati pautravat || 139 ||

140

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मातुः प्रथमतः पिण्डं निर्वपेत् पुत्रिकासुतः । द्वितीयं तु पितुस्तस्यास्तृतीयं तत्पितुः पितुः ॥ १४० ॥

Let the son of an appointed daughter first present a funeral cake to his mother, the second to her father, the funeral to his father’s father.

english translation