कालेऽदाता पिता वाच्यो वाच्यश्चानुपयन् पतिः । मृते भर्तरि पुत्रस्तु वाच्यो मातुररक्षिता ॥ ४ ॥
Reprehensible is the father who gives not (his daughter in marriage) at the proper time; reprehensible is the husband who approaches not (his wife in due season), and reprehensible is the son who does not protect his mother after her husband has died.
english translation
kAle'dAtA pitA vAcyo vAcyazcAnupayan patiH | mRte bhartari putrastu vAcyo mAturarakSitA || 4 ||
hk transliteration by SanscriptManusmriti
कालेऽदाता पिता वाच्यो वाच्यश्चानुपयन् पतिः । मृते भर्तरि पुत्रस्तु वाच्यो मातुररक्षिता ॥ ४ ॥
Reprehensible is the father who gives not (his daughter in marriage) at the proper time; reprehensible is the husband who approaches not (his wife in due season), and reprehensible is the son who does not protect his mother after her husband has died.
english translation
kAle'dAtA pitA vAcyo vAcyazcAnupayan patiH | mRte bhartari putrastu vAcyo mAturarakSitA || 4 ||
hk transliteration by Sanscript