Shloka 29
Cyavana’s Water-Vow and the Ethics of Cohabitation (स्नेह-सम्वास-धर्मः)
कस्मात् तु विषमं भागं भजेरन् नृपसत्तम | यदा सर्वे त्रयो वर्णास्त्वियोक्ता ब्राह्मणा इति,नृपश्रेष्ठ जब आपने ब्राह्मण आदि तीनों वर्णोंवाली स्त्रियोंसे उत्पन्न हुए पुत्रोंको ब्राह्मण ही बताया है, तब वे पैतृक धनका समान भाग क्यों नहीं पाते हैं? क्यों वे विषम भाग ग्रहण करें?
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kasmāt tu viṣamaṃ bhāgaṃ bhajeran nṛpasattama | yadā sarve trayo varṇās tvayoktā brāhmaṇā iti ||
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O best of kings, why should they accept an unequal share? For when you have declared that the sons born of women belonging to the three varṇas—Brāhmaṇa and the rest—are to be regarded as Brāhmaṇas, on what grounds do they not receive an equal portion of the ancestral wealth?”
युधिछिर उवाच