VYA WASTHA'.DARPANA. it 56 626 To the property of an outcast his son born after degradation and the rest Wy” (*) are heirs, and not the son born before that event. (T) Here by the term and “the rest” is meant his relations degraded like himself. As, to the property of a hermit and the fest, their sons and others, born before their entering such states, are not heits, so, to the property acquired ly an outcast aster his degradatien, iii" sons and the rest, born before that event, have to heritalle right, The successor to the property of a degraded man must therefore be ascert:‘ned like the successor to the projerty of n hermit and the rest, * according to the maxim—“the sense of the law, as ascertained in one instance, in applicable in others also, provided there be no impedimentt ;” inasmuch as, like the hermit and the rest, the outcast is considered civili/or introl us, and deprived of light to property. It is not proper to affirm, that his property in wealth nequired during his fallen state is forfeited by reason of his degrariation. I.i.e., a legiad, d sinner would le alway. infolk d to rob for his subsistence.—('ol, b, I)ig. vi,l. III. p. 315. In ages other than the present (Kołł) marriages with damsels of unequal laws, s, and survession of the sons born of them, were allowed by law; thus the hion//i. 1.--"Marriage is allowed with women in the order of tribes, as well as with the Fe of qual el:... ; or Muni, oy', ‘For the first marriage of the twice born classes, a woman of the same trile is recominended; but for such, as are impeiled by desire (n ), those following are preferable in the order of the eläfnes. A Shádrá woman only (d) must le the wife of a Słuoru ; she and a woman of his own the ( are the only wives ) of a morehan: ; they two, and a woman of his own lass, are only eligible for a woman of the royal ( or military ) tribe ; and those thro) and a woman of his own Jank (may be wives) of a priert.”-Culeb. Da. bha . p. 14.2. (d) A Shudra woman only. ] The particle “ only” is connected with every member of the kentence; for that term, expressed immediately before, is understood with the words ‘she’, ‘they two, and ‘those three.' The meaning is, that marriage in the inverse order of the tribes must by no means be contracted.—Ibid. p. 142. - (a) But for such, as are impelled by desire, these &c.) This indicates an alleviation of offence, not entire exemption from blame. So Sankha and Jikhita declare, "Wives must be crpoused. Women of like class are preferable to all persons.” This is stated as the principal rule. The succedaneous one follows: “Four wives of a Brååmana are allowed in the direct order; three, of a Mahatriya ;
- See ante, pp. 11 & 297. f Wide Coleb. Ds'. bbs. p. 63.
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