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NARAD A.
I, 22.
man, carrying her riches and offspring with her,
that man must pay the debt contracted by her
husband, or he must abandon her.
* 22. He who has intercourse with the wife of
a dead man who has neither wealth nor a son, shall
have to pay the debt of her husband, because she is
considered as his property.
* 23. Among these three, the heir of the wealth,
the protector of the widow, and the son, he is liable
for the debts who takes the wealth. The son is
liable, on failure of a (protector of the) widow and
of an heir; the protector of the widow, on failure of
an heir and of a son.
* 24. Debts contracted by the husbands of the last
band’s property and goes to live with another man, the latter is
bound to pay the debts contracted by her first husband. His
conduct is unimpeachable, likewise, if he lets her go, she taking
the whole of her property with her. A.
23. This rule contains the answer to the question : Who is liable
for the debts of a deceased person, whose property has been taken
by his heirs, whilst his wife through poverty has acceded to another
man, and whilst his son remains both penniless and deprived of
the protection of his mother? The decision is as follows. Between
those three, the heir of the wealth and no other is liable for the
debt. Where, however, there is no heir, owing to the want of
assets, there the son is liable, if there is no widow ; and the widow’s
husband, if there is no son. The respective liability of the son and
of the taker of the widow depends on the circumstances of the case.
If the widow is a young and handsome woman of high origin, her
second husband has to discharge the debt of her first husband,
according to the maxim that she is considered as his property (see
above, paragraph 22). If, however, she is kept like a handmaid
and receives a mere livelihood from the man who has taken her,
the son is bound to pay the debt. A. Yagmavalkya II, 51.
24. The term uttama ‘the first,’ besides its ordinary meaning,
conveys a secondary meaning. It implies that when any of the
seven Svairmis and Punarbhus happens to be specially handsome or
NARAD A.
I, 22.
man, carrying her riches and offspring with her,
that man must pay the debt contracted by her
husband, or he must abandon her.
* 22. He who has intercourse with the wife of
a dead man who has neither wealth nor a son, shall
have to pay the debt of her husband, because she is
considered as his property.
* 23. Among these three, the heir of the wealth,
the protector of the widow, and the son, he is liable
for the debts who takes the wealth. The son is
liable, on failure of a (protector of the) widow and
of an heir; the protector of the widow, on failure of
an heir and of a son.
* 24. Debts contracted by the husbands of the last
band’s property and goes to live with another man, the latter is
bound to pay the debts contracted by her first husband. His
conduct is unimpeachable, likewise, if he lets her go, she taking
the whole of her property with her. A.
23. This rule contains the answer to the question : Who is liable
for the debts of a deceased person, whose property has been taken
by his heirs, whilst his wife through poverty has acceded to another
man, and whilst his son remains both penniless and deprived of
the protection of his mother? The decision is as follows. Between
those three, the heir of the wealth and no other is liable for the
debt. Where, however, there is no heir, owing to the want of
assets, there the son is liable, if there is no widow ; and the widow’s
husband, if there is no son. The respective liability of the son and
of the taker of the widow depends on the circumstances of the case.
If the widow is a young and handsome woman of high origin, her
second husband has to discharge the debt of her first husband,
according to the maxim that she is considered as his property (see
above, paragraph 22). If, however, she is kept like a handmaid
and receives a mere livelihood from the man who has taken her,
the son is bound to pay the debt. A. Yagmavalkya II, 51.
24. The term uttama ‘the first,’ besides its ordinary meaning,
conveys a secondary meaning. It implies that when any of the
seven Svairmis and Punarbhus happens to be specially handsome or