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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.55

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 55

मृतपतिकायाः कर्त्तव्यनिरूपणम्The duties of a widow

Verse 55

मृते पत्यौ स्वधर्मेण पतिबन्धुवशे स्थिता । अभावे पितृबन्धूनां तिष्ठन्ती दायमर्हति ॥ ५५ ॥

mṛtē patyau svadharmēṇa patibandhuvaśē sthitā | abhāvē pitṛbandhūnāṁ tiṣṭhantī dāyamarhati || 55 ||

Translation

When her husband has died, a woman living by her own dharma under the protection of his kin, or failing them of her father's kin, is entitled to inherit.

Word by word

mṛtē
when dead
patyau
her husband
sva
own
dharmēṇa
by dharma
pati
of the husband
bandhu
kin
vaśē
under the protection
sthitā
living
abhāvē
failing
pitṛ
of the father
bandhūnāṁ
the kin
tiṣṭhantī
living
dāyam
(dāyam) to inherit
arhati
is entitled

Meaning

The widow's right to inherit (dāya) is affirmed.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now, in connexion, he tells the right of inheritance of a woman whose husband has died and who stays under the protection of the husband's kin and the rest, with "mṛte" and the rest. When the husband has died, a woman living by her own dharma under the protection of the husband's kin, or, if there are no husband's kin, under the protection of her father's kin, is entitled to inherit (dāya).