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Shloka 25

Cyavana’s Water-Vow and the Ethics of Cohabitation (स्नेह-सम्वास-धर्मः)

स्त्रियास्तु यद्‌ भवेत्‌ वित्तं पित्रा दत्तं युधिष्ठिर । ब्राह्मण्यास्तद्धरेत्‌ कन्या यथा पुत्रस्तथा हि सा

striyās tu yad bhavet vittaṃ pitrā dattaṃ yudhiṣṭhira | brāhmaṇyās tad dharet kanyā yathā putras tathā hi sā ||

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—യുധിഷ്ഠിരാ! ഒരു സ്ത്രീക്ക് പിതാവ് നൽകിയ ധനം ഏതായാലും, അവൾ ബ്രാഹ്മണസ്ത്രീയായാൽ അവളുടെ മകൾക്ക് ആ ധനം അവകാശത്തോടെ എടുക്കാം; കാരണം ഈ കാര്യത്തിൽ മകളും പുത്രനോടു തുല്യമായി കണക്കാക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.

स्त्रियाःof a woman
स्त्रियाः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
यत्whatever (that which)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
भवेत्may be / might be
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
वित्तम्wealth/property
वित्तम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवित्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
पित्राby the father
पित्रा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
दत्तम्given
दत्तम्:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
FormPast passive participle (kta), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिर:
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
ब्राह्मण्याःof a Brahmin woman
ब्राह्मण्याः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मणी
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
तत्that (wealth)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
हरेत्may take / should take
हरेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootहृ
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
कन्याthe daughter/maiden
कन्या:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
यथाas / just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
पुत्रःa son
पुत्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाso / likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
साshe (the daughter)
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
F
father (pitṛ)
D
daughter (kanyā)
S
son (putra)
B
Brāhmaṇa woman (brāhmaṇī)

Educational Q&A

In the context of dharma concerning inheritance, Bhīṣma states that a daughter can legitimately receive her mother’s paternal gift-wealth; in this specific rule, the daughter is treated as equivalent to a son.

During Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira in the Anuśāsana Parva, he lays down a normative rule about succession to a woman’s property received from her father, clarifying the daughter’s entitlement.