105. When he [who suffers the ordeal] has thus spoken, let a smooth red hot iron ball, of fifty _palas_ weight, be placed upon both his hands. 106. Carrying this, let him slowly walk across seven circles, of sixteen fingers breadth diameter each, with an interval of the same measure between each. 107. If, having thrown down the fireball, and being [again] rubbed with rice, he [the accused] is unburnt, his purification is accomplished. Should the ball during [the trial] fall down, or should there be any doubt, he is to take [it] again. 108. "By the power of truth, O Varuṇa,[173] save me!" Thus invoking the water, and grasping the thighs of a man standing in water up to his navel, let him [who goes through this ordeal] submerge himself. 109. An arrow at the same instant shot [from the bow] a swift footed-man shall [run and] fetch: should he, upon his return, see that the body [of the accused] is still submerged, the latter is to be exculpated. 110. "Thou, O poison, Brahmá's[174] son, art ordained for truth and right; free me from the accusation, and be to me, by the power of truth, a draught of immortality!" 111. Thus speaking, he shall eat of poison produced by the Sringa tree, of the Himálaya. Whoever is able to digest this without evil effect, shall be declared innocent. 112. Let the judge, adoring terrible deities, and taking of the water in which [their images] have been bathed, adjure it, and cause [the accused] to drink off three times the contents of his palms. 113. He to whom, within fourteen days from this [ordeal], no great calamity happens, either from the monarch or by act of God, shall without doubt be [held] guiltless. 114. A father when making partition [of his property], can divide it among his sons as he pleases; either giving to the eldest the best share or in such wise that all share equally.[175] 115. If he give equal shares, such of his wives as have not received _stridhana_ from their husband or father-in-law shall also equally share.[176] 116. If one have means, and do not desire [to share in the paternal estate], he shall be separated, something trifling being given to him.[177] A distribution by a father in smaller or larger shares, if in accordance with the Śástras, is lawful.[178] 117. After decease of the parents, let the sons make equal division of the property and of the debts.[179] And so the daughters, of what is left of the mother's [_stridhana_], after [paying] her debts; and, if there be no daughters, the sons or others of the family [being heirs, take it]. 118. What has been self-acquired by any one, as an increment, without diminishing the paternal estate, likewise a gift from a friend or a marriage-gift, does not belong to the coheirs.[180] 119. If one have recovered ancestral property which had been purloined, he has not to give it up to the coheirs;[181] nor shall a man share the earnings of science.[182]