दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 17
विभक्तेऽपि धने यस्तु स्वीयांशं प्रतिपादयेत् । पुनर्विभज्य तद्द्रव्यमप्राप्तांशाय दापयेत् ॥ १७ ॥
vibhaktē’pi dhanē yastu svīyāṁśaṁ pratipādayēt | punarvibhajya taddravyamaprāptāṁśāya dāpayēt || 17 ||
Translation
Even after the wealth has been divided, if someone proves his own share, the king should divide that property again and give the one who received nothing his share.
Word by word
- vibhaktē
- divided
- api
- even
- dhanē
- the wealth
- yaḥ
- (yaḥ) who
- tu
- but
- svīya
- his own
- aṁśaṁ
- share
- pratipādayēt
- proves
- punaḥ
- (punaḥ) again
- vibhajya
- dividing
- tat
- that
- dravyam
- (dravyam) property
- aprāpta
- who has not received
- aṁśāya
- to the one with a share
- dāpayēt
- should have given
Meaning
A partition can be reopened: if a man shows before the king, with witnesses, that he had a share and was left out, the property is divided afresh.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Then, if after the sharers have divided and taken the property a man makes known his own share before the king with witnesses, the king should divide that property again and have his share given him: this he tells with "vibhakte 'pi" and the rest. Even when the wealth has been divided, if a man proves (pratipādayet, makes known with witnesses) his own share, the king should divide that property again and have it given to the one who has not received his share.