WYAVASTHA-DARPAN A. 124 Consequently, by declaring them impure until their death, it is intimated that they are unfit for celebrating a sacrifice, for which purity is required.—Coleb. Dig, Vol. III. p. 818, But Jimitaváicna reads “atarmakarninah, those who practise what is inconsistent with du. ties instead of “akaraisak, those who neglect their duties.” According to his opinion, personaddicted to gaming and the like are intended by that term.—Ibid. A pastamba-No doubt, all the sons who are virtuous take their shares, but him who illegally acquires wealth, even though he be the first born, let the king declare incapable of inheriting.—Ibid. p. 298 Who, though first born, illegally dissipates wealth; such is the construction and sense: “illegally,” by gaming or the like: “incapable of inheriting,” capable of inheriting no more than the residue of a share, after deducting so much as has been dissipated by him. Some thus expound the text.—The Ratnākara. Ibid. pp. 298–299. Others explain the term (pratipādayati) “acquirek,” or earns. Consequently, he who follows an illegal mode of subsistence, through avidity for wealth, without the sanction of the law, shall be deprived of his share, “ Following an irregular profession,” in the text of Gotama, signifies subsisting by unlawful means.—Ibid. A pastamba.—A son, who diligently performs the obsequies of his father and otherancestors, is of approved excellence, even though he be uninitiated; not a won who acts otherwise, be he conservant even with the whole Veda.”—Coleb. Das, bha', p. 102. “Since a son delivers his father from the heli called puf, therefore he is named 'puffra' by the Self-Existent himself.” By this and similar passages great benefits are stated, as effected by means of a son. His connection with the property is therefore the reward of his beneficial acts. If then he neglect them, how should he have his hire?—Ibid. 尊 The principles inculcated by the text above cited, though not abrogated, or rendered obsolete, are not at present, for the most part, strictly observed and given effect to by the present courts of judicature, which generally follow in practice the Pyaraathán subjoined"—
- In regard to the causes of disinheritance, discussed in the Digest, B.V. Ch. 5. Bect. I, corre ndjng with the 5th Ch. of Jimétavéans, and the 10th Sect. Ch. 2, of the Mitákshará, I am not aware, that any can be said to have been abrogated, or to be obsolete. At the same time, I do not think any of our courts,
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