दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 123
क्रमव्यत्ययमूल्येन द्रव्याणां विक्रये सति । नृपस्तदन्यथा कर्तुं क्षमो भवति पार्वति ॥ १२३ ॥
kramavyatyayamūlyēna dravyāṇāṁ vikrayē sati | nṛpastadanyathā kartuṁ kṣamō bhavati pārvati || 123 ||
Translation
When goods are sold at a price that turns their worth upside down, O Pārvatī, the king is able to undo it.
Word by word
- krama
- the order
- vyatyaya
- reversed
- mūlyēna
- at a price
- dravyāṇāṁ
- of goods
- vikrayē
- a sale
- sati
- being
- nṛpaḥ
- (nṛpaḥ) the king
- tat
- it
- anyathā
- otherwise
- kartuṁ
- to make
- kṣamaḥ
- (kṣamaḥ) able
- bhavati
- is
- pārvati
- O Pārvatī
Meaning
Krama-vyatyaya, "order reversed": the valuable sold cheap or the cheap sold dear. Such a sale may be set aside.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
When goods, immovable and the rest, have been sold at a price in reverse order, the king can undo the sale: this he tells with "krama" and the rest. O Pārvatī, when goods have been sold at a price where the order is reversed (krama-vyatyaya), turned upside down, that is, goods of great value sold for a small price and goods of small value for a great price, the king, the ruler of men, is able to undo that sale.