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सा चेदक्षतयोनिः स्याद् गतप्रत्यागताऽपि वा । पौनर्भवेन भर्त्रा सा पुनः संस्कारमर्हति ॥ १७६ ॥
If she be (still) a virgin, or one who returned (to her first husband) after leaving him, she is worthy to again perform with her second (or first deserted) husband the (nuptial) ceremony.
english translation
मातापितृविहीनो यस्त्यक्तो वा स्यादकारणात् । आत्मानमर्पयेद् यस्मै स्वयन्दत्तस्तु स स्मृतः ॥ १७७ ॥
He who, having lost his parents or being abandoned (by them) without (just) cause, gives himself to a (man), is called a son self-given (Svayamdatta).
english translation
यं ब्राह्मणस्तु शूद्रायां कामादुत्पादयेत् सुतम् । स पारयन्नेव शवस्तस्मात् पारशवः स्मृतः ॥ १७८ ॥
The son whom a Brahmana begets through lust on a Sudra female is, (though) alive (parayan), a corpse (sava), and hence called a Parasava (a living corpse).
english translation
दास्यां वा दासदास्यां वा यः शूद्रस्य सुतो भवेत् । सोऽनुज्ञातो हरेदंशमिति धर्मो व्यवस्थितः ॥ १७९ ॥
A son who is (begotten) by a Sudra on a female slave, or on the female slave of his slave, may, if permitted (by his father), take a share (of the inheritance); thus the law is settled.
english translation
क्षेत्रजादीन् सुतानेतानेकादश यथोदितान् । पुत्रप्रतिनिधीनाहुः क्रियालोपान् मनीषिणः ॥ १८० ॥
These eleven, the son begotten on the wife and the rest as enumerated (above), the wise call substitutes for a son, (taken) in order (to prevent) a failure of the (funeral) ceremonies.
english translation