पत्नीमाता तथा श्वश्रूस्तत्पिता श्वशुरः स्मृतः 1.10.
The wife’s mother is called the mother-in-law, and her father is known as the father-in-law.
भगिनीजो भागिनेयो भ्रातृजो भ्रातृपुत्रकः
The son of a sister, the son of a brother, and the son’s son of a brother are so designated.
श्यालीपतिस्तु भ्राता च श्वशुरैकत्वहेतुना
The husband of a sister-in-law and the brother are considered so due to the unity of the father-in-law.
अन्नदाता भयत्राता पत्नीतातस्तथैव च
The giver of food, the protector from fear, and the wife’s father are likewise so regarded.
अन्नदातुश्च या पत्नी भगिनी गुरुकामिनी माता च तत्सपत्नी च कन्या पुत्रप्रिया तथा
The wife of the giver of food, a sister, the wife of the teacher, the mother, her co-wife, a maiden, and one dear to the son are also so considered.
मातुर्माता पितुर्माता श्वश्रूपित्रोः स्वसा तथा
The mother’s mother, the father’s mother, and the sister of the parents-in-law are likewise so regarded.
पौत्रस्तु पुत्रपुत्रे च प्रपौत्रस्तत्सुतेऽपि च
A grandson is the son’s son, and a great-grandson is the son of that son.
कन्यापुत्रश्च दौहित्रस्तत्पुत्राद्याश्च बांधवाः
The daughter’s son and the daughter’s daughter, and their descendants, are relatives.
भ्रातृपुत्रस्य पुत्राद्यास्ते पुनर्ज्ञातयः स्मृताः
The sons and descendants of the brother’s son are again considered kinsmen.
गुरुकन्या च भगिनी पोष्या मातृसमा मुने
The teacher’s daughter, a sister, and a fostered girl are to be regarded as equal to a mother, O sage.
पुत्रस्य श्वशुरो भ्राता बन्धुर्वैवाहिकः स्मृतः 1.10.
The father-in-law of the son, or his brother, is considered a relative by marriage.
गुरुश्च कन्यकायाश्च भ्राता सुस्निग्धबान्धवः
The teacher and the brother of a maiden are affectionate kinsmen.
बन्धुता येन सार्द्ध च तन्मित्रं परिकीर्तितम्
That with whom there is kinship is called a friend.
बान्धवो दुःखदो दैवान्निस्सम्बन्धोऽसुखप्रदः
A relative, by fate, brings sorrow; one without relation brings unhappiness.
विद्याजो योनिजश्चैव प्रीतिजश्च प्रकीर्तितः
Friendship is said to arise from learning, from birth, and from affection.
मित्रमाता मित्रभार्य्या मातृतुल्या न संशयः
A friend’s mother and a friend’s wife are certainly to be regarded as mothers, without doubt.
चतुर्थं नामसम्बन्धमित्याह कमलोद्भवः
The fourth is called 'name-relation,' so declares the lotus-born one.
उपपत्न्यां नवज्ञा च प्रेयसी चित्तहारिणी
Among secondary wives, the beloved who captivates the mind is newly recognized.
सम्बन्धो देशभेदे च सर्वदेशे विगर्हितः
Such a relationship, in different regions, is condemned everywhere.
दुस्त्यजश्च महद्भिस्तु देशभेदे विधीयते
Yet, among the great, it is hard to abandon; in different regions, it is established.
तेजीयसां न दोषाय विद्यमाने युगे युगे ।। 1.10.
For the powerful, there is no fault, even if it exists in every age.
शौनक उवाच अश्विनोर्वा महाभाग किं नाम कस्य वंशजौ
Śaunaka said: O most fortunate one, what are the names of the Aśvins, and of whose lineage are they?
सोतिरुवाच तपश्चकार कृष्णस्य लक्षवर्षं हिमालिये
Sūti said: He performed austerities for Kṛṣṇa for a hundred thousand years in the Himalayas.
महातपस्वी तेजस्वी प्रज्वलन्ब्रह्मतेजसा
That great ascetic, radiant, blazed with the brilliance of Brahman.
वरं स वव्रे निर्लिप्तमात्मानं प्रकृतेः परम्
He chose as a boon to be untouched, his self beyond nature.
बभूवाकाशवाणीति कुरु दारपरिग्रहम्
He became known as Ākāśavāṇī; accept the taking of a wife.
पितॄणां मानसीं कन्यां ददौ तस्मै विधिः स्वयम्
Brahmā himself gave him the mind-born daughter of the ancestors.
यस्य स्मरणमात्रेण न भवेत्कुलिशाद्भयम्
By merely remembering her, there would be no fear even from the thunderbolt.
कल्याणमित्रजननीं परित्यज्य महामुनिः
Abandoning Kalyāṇamitrā, the mother, the great sage—
स सोदरश्च वा पूज्यो भवेति च सुराधम
Whether he is a brother or not, he should be honored, O best of gods.