To a distinguished, handsome suitor ,of equal ,caste should ,a father give his daughter in accordance with the prescribed rule, though she have not attained ,the proper age .

Through that son whom ,a daughter , either not appointed or appointed, may bear to ,a husband of equal ,caste , his maternal grandfather ,has a son s son, he shall present the funeral cake and take the estate.

Let the son of an appointed daughter first present a funeral cake to his mother, the second to her father, the funeral to his father s father.

In some cases the seed is more distinguished, and in some the womb of the female, but when both are equal, the offspring is most highly esteemed.

I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.

Both the eldest and the youngest shall take ,their shares according to ,the rule just stated ,each of those who are between the eldest and the youngest, shall have the share ,prescribed for the middlemost.