दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 115
वापीकूपतडागानां खननं वृक्षरोपणम् । परानिष्टकरे देशे न गृहं कर्तुमर्हति ॥ ११५ ॥
vāpīkūpataḍāgānāṁ khananaṁ vṛkṣarōpaṇam | parāniṣṭakarē dēśē na gṛhaṁ kartumarhati || 115 ||
Translation
In a place where it would harm others one may not dig step-wells, wells or tanks, plant trees, or build a house.
Word by word
- vāpī
- step-wells
- kūpa
- wells
- taḍāgānāṁ
- and tanks
- khananaṁ
- digging
- vṛkṣa
- trees
- rōpaṇam
- (ropaṇam) planting
- para
- to others
- aniṣṭa
- harm
- karē
- causing
- dēśē
- in a place
- na
- not
- gṛhaṁ
- a house
- kartum
- (kartum) to build
- arhati
- may
Meaning
Use of one's land is limited by the harm it does to neighbours.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
In a place where it would bring about what others do not want, one should not dig tanks and the like, plant trees or build a house: this he tells with "vāpī" and the rest. In a place where digging tanks and the like, planting trees and building houses would do harm to others, would bring about what others do not wish, a man is not entitled to dig step-wells, wells and ponds, nor likewise to plant trees, nor to build a house.