दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 110
मूल्यं दातुमशक्तश्चेत् सम्मतो विक्रयेऽपि वा । सन्निधिस्थस्तदाऽन्यस्मै गृही शक्तोऽतिविक्रये ॥ ११० ॥
mūlyaṁ dātumaśaktaścēt sammatō vikrayē’pi vā | sannidhisthastadā’nyasmai gṛhī śaktō’tivikrayē || 110 ||
Translation
If the neighbour cannot pay the price, or agrees to the sale, then the householder is able to sell to another.
Word by word
- mūlyaṁ
- the price
- dātum
- (dātum) to pay
- aśaktaḥ
- (aśaktaḥ) unable
- cēt
- if
- sammataḥ
- (sammataḥ) agrees
- vikrayē
- to the sale
- api
- or
- vā
- or
- sannidhisthaḥ
- (sannidhisthaḥ) the neighbour
- tadā
- then
- anyasmai
- to another
- gṛhī
- the householder
- śaktaḥ
- (śaktaḥ) able
- ativikrayē
- to sell
Meaning
The right lapses if the neighbour cannot or will not buy.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But when the neighbour is not able to pay the price of the immovable property, or agrees to its sale, can its owner sell it to one living far off? To that he says "mūlyam" and the rest. If the person near at hand, the neighbour, is not able to pay the price of the immovable property, or agrees to its sale, then the householder, the owner, is able, is competent, to sell it to another, one who is not a neighbour.