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यादृशं फलमाप्नोति कुप्लवैः सन्तरन्जलम् । तादृशं फलमाप्नोति कुपुत्रैः सन्तरंस्तमः ॥ १६१ ॥
Whatever result a man obtains who (tries to) cross a (sheet of) water in an unsafe boat, even that result obtains he who (tries to) pass the gloom (of the next world) with (the help of) bad (substitutes for a real) son.
english translation
यद्येकरिक्थिनौ स्यातामौरसक्षेत्रजौ सुतौ । यस्य यत् पैतृकं रिक्थं स तद् गृह्णीत नैतरः ॥ १६२ ॥
If the two heirs of one man be a legitimate son of his body and a son begotten on his wife, each (of the two sons), to the exclusion of the other, shall take the estate of his (natural) father.
english translation
एक एवौरसः पुत्रः पित्र्यस्य वसुनः प्रभुः । शेषाणामानृशंस्यार्थं प्रदद्यात् तु प्रजीवनम् ॥ १६३ ॥
The legitimate son of the body alone (shall be) the owner of the paternal estate; but, in order to avoid harshness, let him allow a maintenance to the rest.
english translation
षष्ठं तु क्षेत्रजस्यांशं प्रदद्यात् पैतृकाद् धनात् । अउरसो विभजन् दायं पित्र्यं पञ्चममेव वा ॥ १६४ ॥
But when the legitimate son of the body divides the paternal estate, he shall give one-sixth or one-fifth part of his father’s property to the son begotten on the wife.
english translation
अउरसक्षेत्रजौ पुत्रौ पितृरिक्थस्य भागिनौ । दशापरे तु क्रमशो गोत्ररिक्थांशभागिनः ॥ १६५ ॥
The legitimate son and the son of the wife (thus) share the father’s estate; but the other tell become members of the family, and inherit according to their order (each later named on failure of those named earlier).
english translation