दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 18
कृते विभागे द्रव्याणामंशिनां सम्मतौ शिवे । पुनर्विवादयंस्तत्र शास्यो भवति भूभृतः ॥ १८ ॥
kṛtē vibhāgē dravyāṇāmaṁśināṁ sammatau śivē | punarvivādayaṁstatra śāsyō bhavati bhūbhṛtaḥ || 18 ||
Translation
Once the property has been divided with the agreement of the sharers, O Śivā, whoever raises a dispute over it again is to be punished by the king.
Word by word
- kṛtē
- having been made
- vibhāgē
- the division
- dravyāṇām
- (dravyāṇām) of the property
- aṁśināṁ
- of the sharers
- sammatau
- with the agreement
- śivē
- O Śivā
- punaḥ
- (punaḥ) again
- vivādayaṁs
- (vivādayan) raising a dispute
- tatra
- over it
- śāsyaḥ
- (śāsyaḥ) to be punished
- bhavati
- is
- bhūbhṛtaḥ
- (bhūbhṛtaḥ) by the king
Meaning
An agreed partition is final; reopening it out of discontent is an offence.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
When the property has been divided with the agreement of all the heirs, a man who raises a dispute about it again is to be punished by the ruler: this he tells with "kṛte" and the rest. O Śivā, when the property has been divided with the agreement of the sharers, a man who again raises a dispute (vivādayan) about that division is to be punished (śāsya, śāsanīya) by the earth-bearer, the king.