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Shloka 60

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

हरेज्ज्येष्ठ: प्रधानांशमेकं तुल्यासु तेष्वपि | मध्यमो मध्यमं चैव कनीयांस्तु कनीयसम्‌

harej jyeṣṭhaḥ pradhānāṁśam ekaṁ tulyāsu teṣv api | madhyamo madhyamaṁ caiva kanīyāṁs tu kanīyasam ||

സമാനസ്ഥാനമുള്ള സ്ത്രീകളിൽ ജനിച്ച പുത്രന്മാരിലും ജ്യേഷ്ഠൻ ഒരു പ്രധാന (ജ്യേഷ്ഠ) അംശം എടുക്കട്ടെ; മധ്യമൻ മധ്യമഭാഗം, കനിഷ്ഠൻ കനിഷ്ഠഭാഗം എടുക്കണം.

हरेत्should take
हरेत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootहृ (हरति)
FormVidhi-linga, Optative, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
ज्येष्ठःthe eldest (son)
ज्येष्ठः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootज्येष्ठ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रधानांशम्the principal share
प्रधानांशम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रधानांश
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
एकम्one
एकम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तुल्यासुamong equals / when (the mothers) are equal
तुल्यासु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootतुल्य
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
तेषुamong them
तेषु:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
मध्यमःthe middle (son)
मध्यमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमध्यम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मध्यमम्the middle share
मध्यमम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमध्यम
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
कनीयान्the youngest (son)
कनीयान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकनीयस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
कनीयसम्the smallest share
कनीयसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकनीयस्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma

Educational Q&A

Inheritance among sons of equal maternal status should reflect seniority: the eldest is entitled to a principal share, while the middle and youngest receive proportionately lesser shares, maintaining fairness and familial order.

In the Anushasana Parva’s dharma-instruction setting, Bhishma lays down a rule of partition regarding sons born of women of equal rank, specifying how shares may be allocated by birth order.