दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 29
बह्व्यश्चेद्वनितास्तस्य स्वर्यातुर्धर्मतत्पराः । भजेरन् स्वामिनो वित्तं समांशेन शुचिस्मिते ॥ २९ ॥
bahvyaścēdvanitāstasya svaryāturdharmatatparāḥ | bhajēran svāminō vittaṁ samāṁśēna śucismitē || 29 ||
Translation
If the man who has gone to heaven had many wives, all devoted to dharma, they should share their husband's wealth in equal parts, O you of pure smile.
Word by word
- bahvyaḥ
- (bahvyaḥ) many
- cēt
- if
- vanitāḥ
- (vanitāḥ) wives
- tasya
- his
- svaryātuḥ
- (svaryātuḥ) who has gone to heaven
- dharma
- to dharma
- tatparāḥ
- (tatparāḥ) devoted
- bhajēran
- should share
- svāminaḥ
- (svāminaḥ) of the husband
- vittaṁ
- the wealth
- sama
- equal
- aṁśēna
- in parts
- śucismitē
- O you of pure smile
Meaning
Several widows of good conduct divide the estate equally among themselves.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
If the departed man had many wives devoted to dharma, all of them should divide their lord's property and take it: this he tells with "bahvyaḥ" and the rest. O you of pure smile (śucismitā: whose smile is bright, or pure), if that man who has gone to heaven has many wives (vanitā), women devoted to dharma, given to merit, then all of them should share their lord's wealth in equal parts.