दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 111
क्रीतं चेत् स्थावरं देवि परोक्षे प्रतिवासिनः । श्रवणादेव तन्मूल्यं दत्त्वाऽसौ प्राप्तुमर्हति ॥ १११ ॥
krītaṁ cēt sthāvaraṁ dēvi parōkṣē prativāsinaḥ | śravaṇādēva tanmūlyaṁ dattvā’sau prāptumarhati || 111 ||
Translation
If immovable property is bought behind a neighbour's back, O Devī, he may have it by paying its price as soon as he hears.
Word by word
- krītaṁ
- bought
- cēt
- if
- sthāvaraṁ
- immovable property
- dēvi
- O Devī
- parōkṣē
- behind the back
- prativāsinaḥ
- (prativāsinaḥ) of a neighbour
- śravaṇāt
- (śravaṇāt) on hearing
- ēva
- at once
- tat
- its
- mūlyaṁ
- price
- dattvā
- paying
- asau
- he
- prāptum
- (prāptum) to have it
- arhati
- may
Meaning
A secret sale does not defeat the neighbour's right, if he acts at once; the commentary adds that if he waits, he loses it.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But when immovable property has been bought by another behind the neighbour's back, does the buyer keep it, or does the neighbour get it by paying its price as soon as he hears of it? To this doubt he says "krītam" and the rest. O Devī, if immovable property has been bought by another behind the back (parokṣe) of the neighbour (prativāsin), the man living near, then as soon as he hears of it this neighbour may, paying its price, the price of the property bought by the other, obtain it. By "as soon as he hears" it is shown that if he pays the price after some time has passed he is not entitled to get the property.