दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 114
बहुप्रयाससाध्यायास्तस्या भूमिर्महीभृते । दत्त्वा दशांशं भुञ्जीयात् भूमिस्वामी यतो नृपः ॥ ११४ ॥
bahuprayāsasādhyāyāstasyā bhūmirmahībhṛtē | dattvā daśāṁśaṁ bhuñjīyāt bhūmisvāmī yatō nṛpaḥ || 114 ||
Translation
Of that land, won with great labour, he should give a tenth to the king and enjoy the rest, for the king is lord of the land.
Word by word
- bahu
- great
- prayāsa
- with labour
- sādhyāyāḥ
- (sādhyāyāḥ) won
- tasyāḥ
- (tasyāḥ) of that
- bhūmir
- (bhūmeḥ) of the land
- mahībhṛtē
- to the king
- dattvā
- giving
- daśa
- a tenth
- aṁśaṁ
- share
- bhuñjīyāt
- should enjoy
- bhūmi
- of the land
- svāmī
- the lord
- yataḥ
- (yataḥ) for
- nṛpaḥ
- (nṛpaḥ) the king
Meaning
The reclaimer owes the king a tenth of what the land yields and keeps the rest: the king, as lord of all land, takes his share even of land no one had owned.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Of what grows on such land from water or forest, won with much labour, he should give a tenth to the king, since the king owns the land, and enjoy all the rest himself: this he tells with "bahu" and the rest. Since the ruler, the king, is lord of the land, therefore of the thing produced on that land, sprung from water and forest, won with much effort, brought about with great toil, he should give a tenth share, a tenth part, to the earth-bearer, the king, and enjoy the rest himself.