दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 14
साधारणं धनं यच्च स्थावरं स्थावरेतरम् । अंशिनः प्राप्तुमर्हन्ति स्वं स्वमंशं विभागतः ॥ १४ ॥
sādhāraṇaṁ dhanaṁ yacca sthāvaraṁ sthāvarētaram | aṁśinaḥ prāptumarhanti svaṁ svamaṁśaṁ vibhāgataḥ || 14 ||
Translation
Whatever wealth is held in common, immovable or movable, the sharers are entitled to receive, each his own share, by division.
Word by word
- sādhāraṇaṁ
- in common
- dhanaṁ
- wealth
- yat
- which
- ca
- and
- sthāvaraṁ
- immovable
- sthāvara
- immovable
- itaram
- (itaram) other than
- aṁśinaḥ
- (aṁśinaḥ) the sharers
- prāptum
- (prāptum) to receive
- arhanti
- are entitled
- svaṁ
- own
- aṁśaṁ
- share
- vibhāgataḥ
- (vibhāgataḥ) by division
Meaning
Common property, land as well as goods, is divided among those who have a share in it, each receiving his part.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
In common property, immovable and movable, all the heirs take equal shares: this he tells with "sādhāraṇam" and the rest. Whatever wealth is held in common (sādhāraṇa, sāmānya), immovable or other than immovable, that is movable, in it all the sharers (aṁśin) are entitled, are fit, to receive each his own share by division.