Guru Nanak Quotes on Law & Regulation (25 Quotes)

Let him not dwell in a village where the sacred law is not obeyed, nor ,stay long where diseases are endemic, let him not go alone on a journey, nor reside long on a mountain.

One may also entertain on such occasions one s maternal grandfather, a maternal uncle, a sister s son, a father in law, one s teacher, a daughter s son, a daughter s husband, a cognate kinsman, one s own officiating priest or a man for whom one offers sacrifices.

When he has paid, according to the law, his debts to the great sages, to the manes, and to the gods, let him make over everything to his son and dwell ,in his house , not caring for any worldly concerns.

When the purpose of the appointment to , cohabit with the widow bas been attained in accordance with the law, those two shall behave towards each other like a father and a daughter in law.

The division ,of the property and the rules for allotting ,shares to the ,several sons, those begotten on a wife and the rest, in ,due order, have been thus declared to you, hear ,now the laws concerning gambling.

By twice born men a widow must not be appointed to ,cohabit with any other ,than her husband , for they who appoint ,her to another ,man , will violate the eternal law.

Let the eldest son take one share in excess, the ,brother born next after him one ,share and a half, the younger ones one share each, thus the law is settled.

Let him always delight in truthfulness, ,obedience to the sacred law, conduct worthy of an Aryan, and purity, let him chastise his pupils according to the sacred law, let him keep his speech, his arms, and his belly under control.

If the ,future husband of a maiden dies after troth verbally plighted, her brother in law shall wed her according to the following rule.

Thus has been declared the ever pure popular usage ,which regulates the relations between husband and wife, hear ,next the laws concerning children which are the cause of happiness in this world and after death.

Let him avoid ,the acquisition of wealth and ,the gratification of his desires, if they are opposed to the sacred law, and even lawful acts which may cause pain in the future or are offensive to men.

Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river, united with the ocean.

Thus has been declared to you the law for a husband and his wife, which is intimately connected with conjugal happiness, and the manner of raising offspring in times of calamity, learn ,now the law concerning the division of the inheritance.

The wife of an elder brother is for his younger ,brother the wife of a Guru, but the wife of the younger is declared ,to be the daughter in law of the elder.

The comparative importance of the seed and of the womb has been declared to you, I will next propound the law ,applicable to women in times of misfortune.

If a woman ,duly appointed bears a son to her brother in law or to another , that ,son, if he is begotten through desire, they declare ,to be incapable of inheriting and to be produced in vain.

The son of a wife, not appointed ,to have issue by another , and he whom ,an appointed female, already the mother of a son, bears to her brother in law, are both unworthy of a share, ,one being the son of an adulterer and ,the other produced through ,mere lust.

Some , sages , versed in the law, considering the purpose of the appointment not to have been attained by those two , on the birth of the first , think that a second , son may be lawfully procreated on , such women.

But it is just that , a man who knows , the law should give even to all of them food and raiment without stint, according to his ability, he who gives it not will become all outcast.

The rules ,given above must be understood ,to apply to a distribution among sons of women of the same ,caste , hear ,now the law concerning those begotten by one man on many wives of different ,castes .

A son ,legally begotten on such an appointed female shall inherit like a legitimate son of the body, for that seed and the produce belong, according to the law, to the owner of the soil.

If a younger brother begets a son on the wife of the elder, the division must then be made equally, this the law is settled.

Let him say what is true, let him say what is pleasing, let him utter no disagreeable truth, and let him utter no agreeable falsehood, that is the eternal law.

Neither by sale nor by repudiation is a wife released from her husband, such we know the law to be, which the Lord of creatures made of old.

If those two ,being thus appointed deviate from the rule and act from carnal desire, they will both become outcasts, ,as men who defile the bed of a daughter in law or of a Guru.