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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 9.267

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Ullāsa 9 · Verse 267

शैवविवाहः, ब्राह्मीसन्तत्या दायार्हत्वम्Śaiva marriage; the children of the brāhma wife inherit

Verse 267

तस्या अपत्ये तद्वंशे विद्यमाने कुलेश्वरि । शैवोद्भवान्यपत्यानि दायार्हाणि भवन्ति न ॥ २६७ ॥

tasyā apatyē tadvaṁśē vidyamānē kulēśvari | śaivōdbhavānyapatyāni dāyārhāṇi bhavanti na || 267 ||

Translation

While her child, or anyone of her line, is living, O Kuleśvarī, the children born of a Śaiva marriage do not inherit.

Word by word

tasyāḥ
(tasyāḥ) her
apatyē
while the child
tad
(tat) her
vaṁśē
the line
vidyamānē
is living
kulēśvari
O Kuleśvarī
śaiva
Śaiva
udbhavāni
born of
apatyāni
the children
dāya
inheritance
arhāṇi
entitled to
bhavanti
are
na
not

Meaning

The Śaiva marriage, described from verse 269, sits beside the brāhma one. As long as the brāhma wife has a living child or descendant, children of a Śaiva wife have no share in the inheritance.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

"Tasyāḥ" and the rest. "Tasyāḥ apatye": while there is offspring, son or daughter, of the wife taken by the brāhma form of marriage…