दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 121
लाभे नियोजयेद्यत्र स्थावरादीनि मानवः । नियमेन विना काललाभयोरन्यथा भवेत् ॥ १२१ ॥
lābhē niyōjayēdyatra sthāvarādīni mānavaḥ | niyamēna vinā kālalābhayōranyathā bhavēt || 121 ||
Translation
Where a man puts immovable and other goods out for gain without a rule fixing the time and the profit, it may turn out otherwise.
Word by word
- lābhē
- for gain
- niyōjayēt
- puts out
- yatra
- where
- sthāvara
- immovable
- ādīni
- and other goods
- mānavaḥ
- (mānavaḥ) a man
- niyamēna
- a rule
- vinā
- without
- kāla
- of the time
- lābhayōḥ
- (lābhayoḥ) and the profit
- anyathā
- otherwise
- bhavēt
- it may turn out
Meaning
An investment without a fixed term and return invites dispute.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Where goods are put to gain without a rule for the time and the profit, the profit may turn out otherwise: this he tells with "lābhe" and the rest. Where a man puts immovable and other goods to gain, to profit, without a rule, a fixed agreement, about the time and the profit, that profit may turn out otherwise. "Nīvī, paripaṇa, mūladhana (capital); lābha, adhika, phala (gain)," says the lexicon.