दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 26
तस्यां मृतायां रिक्थं तत् पुनः स्वामिपदं व्रजेत् । तदासन्नतरो रिक्थमध ऊर्ध्वक्रमाद्धरेत् ॥ २६ ॥
tasyāṁ mṛtāyāṁ rikthaṁ tat punaḥ svāmipadaṁ vrajēt | tadāsannatarō rikthamadha ūrdhvakramāddharēt || 26 ||
Translation
When she dies, that property goes back to her husband's place; then the one nearest to him takes it, in the order downward and then upward.
Word by word
- tasyāṁ
- she
- mṛtāyāṁ
- having died
- rikthaṁ
- property
- tat
- that
- punaḥ
- (punaḥ) back
- svāmi
- of the husband
- padaṁ
- to the place
- vrajēt
- goes
- tadā
- then
- āsannataraḥ
- (āsannataraḥ) the nearest
- riktham
- (riktham) the property
- adha
- (adhaḥ) downward
- ūrdhva
- and upward
- kramāt
- (kramāt) in the order
- harēt
- takes
Meaning
What a widow inherited from her husband returns at her death to his line, as if he had just died: his nearest heir, by the general order of verse 7, takes it. The commentary notes that this is the general rule; the particular cases come in the verses that follow.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But when a woman who had received her lord's wealth dies, who takes that wealth? To that he says "tasyām" and the rest. When that woman who had received her lord's wealth has died, that property, that wealth, goes back to the lord's place (svāmipada). And that property, having gone to the lord's place, is taken by the one nearest to the lord, in the order first downward and then upward. This is said in general; in particular it will be told further on.