दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 117
यत्तोयसेचनाल्लोका भवेयुर्जलकातराः । न सिञ्चेयुर्जलं तस्मादपि सन्निधिवर्तिनः ॥ ११७ ॥
yattōyasēcanāllōkā bhavēyurjalakātarāḥ | na siñcēyurjalaṁ tasmādapi sannidhivartinaḥ || 117 ||
Translation
Where people would be left in want of water by irrigating from it, even those near should not irrigate from it.
Word by word
- yat
- from which
- tōya
- water
- sēcanāt
- (secanāt) by irrigating
- lōkāḥ
- (lokāḥ) people
- bhavēyuḥ
- would be
- jala
- for water
- kātarāḥ
- (kātarāḥ) in want
- na
- not
- siñcēyuḥ
- should irrigate
- jalaṁ
- water
- tasmāt
- (tasmāt) from it
- api
- even
- sannidhi
- near
- vartinaḥ
- (vartinaḥ) those living
Meaning
Drinking comes before irrigation; the commentary adds, what then of those far off?
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But if by watering fields from it the people living near would be in distress, may that water be used for irrigation or not? To that he says "yat toya" and the rest. If by irrigating from some well or other water people would become distressed for water (jalakātara), troubled about drinking water, then even those living near should not irrigate with water from it; what need to speak of those who live far off?