दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 104
नपुंसकाः पङ्गवश्च ग्रासाच्छादनमम्बिके । यावज्जीवनमर्हन्ति न ते स्युर्दायभागिनः ॥ १०४ ॥
napuṁsakāḥ paṅgavaśca grāsācchādanamambikē | yāvajjīvanamarhanti na tē syurdāyabhāginaḥ || 104 ||
Translation
Eunuchs and the lame, O Ambikā, are entitled to food and clothing for life, but they are not heirs.
Word by word
- napuṁsakāḥ
- (napuṁsakāḥ) eunuchs
- paṅgavaḥ
- (paṅgavaḥ) the lame
- ca
- and
- grāsa
- food
- ācchādanam
- (ācchādanam) and clothing
- ambikē
- O Ambikā
- yāvat
- as long as
- jīvanam
- (jīvanam) life
- arhanti
- are entitled to
- na
- not
- tē
- they
- syuḥ
- are
- dāya
- of the inheritance
- bhāginaḥ
- (bhāginaḥ) sharers
Meaning
Those the text deems unable to carry on the household are maintained, not given shares.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now the eunuch and the lame, who have no share, receive food and clothing for life: this he tells with "napuṁsakāḥ" and the rest. O Ambikā, Mother of the world, eunuchs (napuṁsaka) and the lame (paṅgu) are entitled only to food and clothing as long as they live, to the end of their life. They are not sharers in the inheritance.