Shloka 15
Varṇasaṃkara: Causes, Classifications, and Conduct-based Recognition (वर्णसंकरः—हेतु-जाति-आचारनिर्णयः)
दौहित्रकेण धर्मेण नाज पश्यामि कारणम् । विक्रीतासु हि ये पुत्रा भवन्ति पितुरेव ते
dauhitrakeṇa dharmeṇa nāhaṁ paśyāmi kāraṇam | vikrītāsu hi yāḥ kanyāḥ tāsu jāyante ye sutāḥ pitur eva te ||
قال بهيشما: «لا أرى سببًا معقولًا لتطبيق قاعدة “الدوهِتراكا” هنا. فإذا زُوِّجت البناتُ لقاء ثمن، فإنّ الأبناء المولودين منهنّ لا ينتمون إلا إلى أبيهم؛ ولذلك لا أساسَ عادلًا يجعلهم ورثةً لمال الجدّ من جهة الأم وفق مبدأ الدوهِتراكا.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma argues that the dauhitraka principle (inheritance through a daughter’s son) should not be invoked when the daughter has been transferred for a price; in such a case, the son is treated as belonging solely to the father’s line, so claiming the maternal grandfather’s property lacks justification.
In Anushasana Parva’s dharma-discourse, Bhishma is clarifying rules of kinship and inheritance. Here he rejects extending a daughter’s-son inheritance claim to a situation involving a ‘sold’ daughter, emphasizing how the mode of marriage/transfer affects lineage and property rights.