दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 103
निघ्नन्नन्यानपि प्राणैर्न तेषां धनमाप्नुयात् । हतानामन्यदायादा भवेयुर्धनभागिनः ॥ १०३ ॥
nighnannanyānapi prāṇairna tēṣāṁ dhanamāpnuyāt | hatānāmanyadāyādā bhavēyurdhanabhāginaḥ || 103 ||
Translation
One who takes the lives even of others does not receive their wealth; the other heirs of the slain share it.
Word by word
- nighnan
- killing
- anyān
- others
- api
- even
- prāṇaiḥ
- (prāṇaiḥ) of their lives
- na
- not
- tēṣāṁ
- their
- dhanam
- (dhanam) wealth
- āpnuyāt
- receives
- hatānām
- (hatānām) of the slain
- anya
- other
- dāyādāḥ
- (dāyādāḥ) heirs
- bhavēyuḥ
- are
- dhana
- of the wealth
- bhāginaḥ
- (bhāginaḥ) sharers
Meaning
A killer cannot inherit from his victim.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
A man who kills even his brother and the rest for the sake of wealth has no share in the property of the slain, and the other heirs share it equally: this he tells with "nighnan" and the rest. A man who takes the lives even of others, of people other than his mother and the rest, killing them, does not receive, does not get, the wealth of the slain; the other heirs of the slain, apart from the slayer, share the wealth.