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## Translation:
**Chapter 71**
If a father and mother have passed away and their son is living in a foreign land, then he should observe a period of mourning for ten days from the day he receives the news of their death.
**Chapter 72**
Similarly, the mourning period for a wife is also ten days. The sage said, "The mourning period for a wife is ten days, and the mourning period for a husband is also ten days."
**Chapter 73**
If a wife is living far away and receives the news of her husband's death after ten days, or if a husband is living far away and receives the news of his wife's death after ten days, then both of them should observe a period of mourning for ten days from the day they receive the news of the death.
**Chapter 74**
Just as a son observes a period of mourning for ten days after hearing the news of his parents' death, even after many years, the husband and wife should also observe a period of mourning for ten days for each other.
**Chapter 75**
If the mother dies within the ten-day mourning period for the father, then the father's body should be cremated with mantras, but the water rituals should not be performed.
**Chapter 76**
After the ten-day mourning period for the father, the mother's mourning period (one and a half days) begins. After performing the water rituals and other rites, the mother's remaining rituals should be performed.
**Chapter 77**
If the father dies within the ten-day mourning period for the mother, then the mourning period for the father will be ten days from the day of his death.
**Meaning:**
According to the verse "Mritakam Mritakenaiv," just as the mother's mourning period ends with the father's ten-day mourning period if the mother dies within the ten-day mourning period for the father, similarly, the father's mourning period should also end with the mother's ten-day mourning period if the father dies within the ten-day mourning period for the mother. However, this rule does not apply here. The verse "Maturdashāhamध्ये" etc. contradicts the verse "Mritakam Mritakenaiv" etc. The reason for this is that "Samatve Gurunalagho Badhyate Laghunā Gurun Badhyate," meaning that in the case of equal mourning periods, the shorter mourning period is overridden by the longer mourning period, but the longer mourning period is not overridden by the shorter one.