दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 120
अभिमत्या स्थापकस्य पश्वादिन्यस्तवस्तुनाम् । व्यवहारे कृते तत्र धार्ता सम्पोषयेत् पशून् ॥ १२० ॥
abhimatyā sthāpakasya paśvādinyastavastunām | vyavahārē kṛtē tatra dhārtā sampōṣayēt paśūn || 120 ||
Translation
When, with the depositor's consent, cattle and other goods placed in trust are put to use, the holder should feed the cattle well.
Word by word
- abhimatyā
- with the consent
- sthāpakasya
- of the depositor
- paśu
- cattle
- ādi
- and other
- nyasta
- placed in trust
- vastunām
- (vastūnām) goods
- vyavahārē
- use
- kṛtē
- being made
- tatra
- there
- dhārtā
- the holder
- sampōṣayēt
- should feed well
- paśūn
- the cattle
Meaning
Who uses the animals keeps them. The commentary explains the form dhārtā, "holder", and glosses it dhāraka.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
When a dealing in cattle and other goods has been made by the keeper with the depositor's consent, the man with whom the cattle were placed should feed them: this he tells with "abhimatyā" and the rest. When, with the consent (abhimati, agreement) of the depositor, the one who placed the goods, a dealing has been made in cattle and other goods placed in trust, then among those goods the holder (dhārtā), the man who keeps them, should feed the cattle well. In "paśvādinyastavastunām" there is no lengthening by "nāmi", since a rule that rests on a technical name is not binding; and in "dhārtā" there is no augment iṭ by "ārdhadhātukasyeḍ valādeḥ", since an augment too is not binding.