दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 118
धनानामविभक्तानामंशिनां सम्मतिं विना । तथाऽनिर्णीतवित्तानामसिद्धौ न्यासविक्रयौ ॥ ११८ ॥
dhanānāmavibhaktānāmaṁśināṁ sammatiṁ vinā | tathā’nirṇītavittānāmasiddhau nyāsavikrayau || 118 ||
Translation
Without the sharers' consent, the pledge or sale of undivided wealth, and likewise of wealth not yet settled, does not stand.
Word by word
- dhanānām
- (dhanānām) of wealth
- avibhaktānām
- (avibhaktānām) undivided
- aṁśināṁ
- of the sharers
- sammatiṁ
- the consent
- vinā
- without
- tathā
- likewise
- anirṇīta
- not settled
- vittānām
- (vittānām) of wealth
- asiddhau
- do not stand
- nyāsa
- the pledge
- vikrayau
- and sale
Meaning
No co-owner may pledge or sell what is held in common, nor anyone what is not yet determined to be his.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Without the consent of the heirs, the pledging and sale of undivided property, and the pledging and sale of property not determined, are not valid: this he tells with "dhanānām" and the rest. Without the consent of the sharers, the heirs, the pledge (nyāsa) and the sale of undivided wealth are not valid (asiddha), do not stand. Likewise of property not determined, wealth of which it is not settled "this wealth is his alone" or "this wealth is so much", the deposit and the sale are not valid.