दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 128
ऋणे कृषौ च वाणिज्ये तथा सर्वेषु कर्मसु । यद्यदङ्गीकृतं लोकैस्तत्कार्यं धर्मसम्मतम् ॥ १२८ ॥
ṛṇē kṛṣau ca vāṇijyē tathā sarvēṣu karmasu | yadyadaṅgīkṛtaṁ lōkaistatkāryaṁ dharmasammatam || 128 ||
Translation
In debt, in farming, in trade and in all dealings, whatever people have agreed must be done, if it accords with dharma.
Word by word
- ṛṇē
- in debt
- kṛṣau
- in farming
- ca
- and
- vāṇijyē
- in trade
- tathā
- and
- sarvēṣu
- in all
- karmasu
- dealings
- yat
- whatever
- aṅgīkṛtaṁ
- agreed
- lōkaiḥ
- (lokaiḥ) by people
- tat
- that
- kāryaṁ
- must be done
- dharma
- with dharma
- sammatam
- (sammatam) in accord
Meaning
Agreements bind; the commentary notes that an agreement to do wrong binds no one.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
In debt, farming and the rest, and in all other acts, whatever has been agreed must be done: this he tells with "ṛṇe" and the rest. In debt, in farming (kṛṣi), in trade, the merchant's work, and likewise in all other acts, whatever people have agreed (aṅgīkṛta), if it is in accord with dharma, all of it is to be done, to be carried out. By "in accord with dharma" it is implied that what has been accepted in agreement with sin is never to be done by people.