Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 13
Cyavana’s Water-Vow and the Ethics of Cohabitation (स्नेह-सम्वास-धर्मः)
भरतनन्दन! अब मैं ब्राह्मण आदि वर्णोकी कन्याओंके गर्भसे उत्पन्न होनेवाले पुत्रोंकी पैतृक धनका जो भाग प्राप्त होता है
bharatanandana! adhunāhaṁ brāhmaṇādi-varṇānāṁ kanyā-garbha-sambhavānāṁ putrāṇāṁ paitṛka-dhana-bhāgaṁ vakṣyāmi. brāhmaṇasya brāhmaṇyāṁ jātaḥ putraḥ śreṣṭha-lakṣaṇa-sampannaṁ gṛhādi, vṛṣabhān, vāhanāni ca yāni yāni śreṣṭhatamāni dravyāṇi, tāni sarvāṇi—paitṛka-dhanasya pradhānaṁ bhāgam—pūrvam eva svādhikāre kuryāt. yudhiṣṭhira! tataḥ śeṣaṁ brāhmaṇasya dhanaṁ daśadhā vibhajet; tasmin pituḥ dhane punaś catur-bhāgān brāhmaṇyāḥ putra eva gṛhṇīyāt. kṣatriyāyās tu yaḥ putro brāhmaṇaḥ so 'py asaṁśayaḥ; sa tu mātur viśeṣeṇa trīn aṁśān hartum arhati.
毗湿摩说道：“噢，婆罗多的后裔啊，我今将说明：由不同种姓（varṇa）的女子所生之子，在父产中各得几何，先从婆罗门说起。婆罗门与婆罗门女（brāhmaṇī）所生之子，应先依法取其主要之分——如宅第及其属物、耕牛、车乘与一切被视为最上等之财物，皆归其先取。其后，噢，坚战（Yudhiṣṭhira）啊，其余财物当分为十份；在此父产之中，婆罗门女所生之子又当再取四份。至于刹帝利女子所生之子，他亦确为婆罗门，毫无疑义；并因其母之特殊身分，得取三份。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma outlines a dharma-based scheme of inheritance: the son of a Brahmin wife receives the principal heirlooms first and then an additional four-tenths of the remaining estate, while a son born of a Kshatriya woman (to a Brahmin father) is still regarded as Brahmin and is allotted three shares, justified by the mother’s status.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction on conduct and social norms, Bhishma continues advising Yudhishthira by specifying how paternal property should be apportioned among sons born from wives of different varnas, using fractional divisions to express relative entitlement.