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BRIHASPATI.
VIII, 13.
king should cause a formal grant to be executed on a copper-plate or a piece of cloth, stating the place, the ancestors (of the king), and other particulars,
13. And the names of (the king's) mother and father, and of the king himself, (and containing the statement that) .This grant has been made by me to-day to N. N., the son of N. N., who belongs to the Vedic school N.N.
14. As being endurable while the moon and sun last, and as descending by right of inheritance to the son, grandson, and more remote descendants, and as a gift which must never be cut down or taken away, and is entirely exempt from diminution (by the allotment of shares to the king's attendants, and so forth),
15. Conveying paradise on the giver and preserver, and hell on the taker, for a period of sixty thousand years, as the recompense for giving and taking (the land).'
16. (Thus the king should declare in the grant), the Secretaries for peace and war signing the grant with the remark, 'I know this.'
17. (The grant) should be provided with (the king's) own seal, and with a precise statement of the year, month and so forth, of the value (of the donation), and of the magistrate. Such a document issued by the king is called a royal edict.
18. When the king, satisfied with the faithful services, valour or other (laudable qualities) of a person, bestows landed or other property on him, it
13. All commentators explain that the name of the particular Veda, such as e. g. the Rig-veda, or the Katha branch of the Yagur-veda, should be given which the donee is studying.
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| SR No. | 007685 |
| Book Title | Grihya Sutras |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1886 |
| Total Pages | 2642 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |