It is the eldest brother who should assign to them their means of support and protect and maintain them. All the younger brothers should bow to him and obey his command. Indeed, they should depend upon him, as they did upon their father during his lifetime.
स ह्येषां वृत्तिदाता स्यात् स चैतान् प्रतिपालयेत्। कनिष्ठास्तं नमस्येरन् सर्वे छन्दानुवर्तिनः॥ तमेव चोपजीवरेन् यथैव पितरं तथा।