दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 124
जननञ्चापि मरणं शरीराणां यथा सकृत् । दानं तथैव कन्याया ब्राह्मोद्वाहः सकृत् सकृत् ॥ १२४ ॥
jananañcāpi maraṇaṁ śarīrāṇāṁ yathā sakṛt | dānaṁ tathaiva kanyāyā brāhmōdvāhaḥ sakṛt sakṛt || 124 ||
Translation
As birth and death come to a body only once, so the giving of a daughter, the brāhma marriage, is once, only once.
Word by word
- jananaṁ
- birth
- ca
- and
- api
- also
- maraṇaṁ
- death
- śarīrāṇāṁ
- of bodies
- yathā
- as
- sakṛt
- once
- dānaṁ
- the giving
- tathā
- so
- ēva
- too
- kanyāyāḥ
- (kanyāyāḥ) of a daughter
- brāhma
- brāhma
- udvāhaḥ
- (udvāhaḥ) marriage
Meaning
A girl married by the Vedic rite cannot be married again by that rite. The commentary and Avalon both note that the restriction is to the brāhma rite: by the śaiva rite she may marry again. These are the rules of the Tantra's own ideal kingdom, given as the text states them; they describe its teaching, not any present law.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But may a girl married by one man with the rites the Veda tells be married again with those same rites to another, while he lives or after his death? To that he says "jananam" and the rest. As for bodies birth, arising, and death, dying, happen only once (sakṛt), a single time, so the giving of a girl and the brāhma marriage happen once, only once. By saying "brāhma marriage" Mahādeva indicated that a girl already married by one man may still be married again by śaiva rites.