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 ||
بھیشم نے کہا—اے یدھشٹھِر! عورت کے پاس جو مال باپ کی طرف سے دیا ہوا ہو، اگر وہ برہمن عورت ہو تو اس کی بیٹی اس مال کو بحق لے سکتی ہے؛ کیونکہ اس معاملے میں بیٹی بھی بیٹے کے برابر سمجھی گئی ہے۔
भीष्म उवाच
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.