दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 30
पत्युर्धनहरायाश्च मृतौ भर्तृसुतास्थितौ । पुनः स्वामिपदं गत्वा धनं दुहितरं व्रजेत् ॥ ३० ॥
patyurdhanaharāyāśca mṛtau bhartṛsutāsthitau | punaḥ svāmipadaṁ gatvā dhanaṁ duhitaraṁ vrajēt || 30 ||
Translation
When the woman who took her husband's wealth dies while his daughter is alive, the wealth goes back to her husband's place and passes to the daughter.
Word by word
- patyuḥ
- (patyuḥ) of the husband
- dhana
- the wealth
- harāyāḥ
- (harāyāḥ) of the woman who took
- ca
- and
- mṛtau
- at the death
- bhartṛ
- of the husband
- sutā
- the daughter
- sthitau
- being alive
- punaḥ
- (punaḥ) back
- svāmi
- of the husband
- padaṁ
- to the place
- gatvā
- having gone
- dhanaṁ
- the wealth
- duhitaraṁ
- to the daughter
- vrajēt
- passes
Meaning
The daughter inherits as her father's heir, not her mother's. The commentary notes that "her husband's daughter" excludes a girl acquired otherwise, such as one bought.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
When the woman who received her husband's wealth dies, that wealth goes back to her lord and from there to his daughter: this he tells with "patyuḥ" and the rest. On the death of the woman who took her husband's wealth, her lord's property, if the husband's daughter is living, the wealth goes back to the lord's place and then goes (vrajet) to the daughter, his own girl. By saying "the husband's daughter" Mahādeva indicates that a daughter bought or otherwise acquired does not take that wealth.