दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 39
मृतस्य सोदरो भ्राता वैमात्रेयस्तथा शिवे । धनं पितृगतत्वेन विभजेतां समांशिनौ ॥ ३९ ॥
mṛtasya sōdarō bhrātā vaimātrēyastathā śivē | dhanaṁ pitṛgatatvēna vibhajētāṁ samāṁśinau || 39 ||
Translation
O Śivā, the dead man's full brother and his half-brother, since the wealth came from their father, share it equally.
Word by word
- mṛtasya
- of the dead man
- sōdaraḥ
- (sodaraḥ) full
- bhrātā
- brother
- vaimātrēyaḥ
- (vaimātreyaḥ) the half-brother
- tathā
- and
- śivē
- O Śivā
- dhanaṁ
- the wealth
- pitṛ
- from the father
- gatatvēna
- since it came
- vibhajētāṁ
- should share
- sama
- equal
- aṁśinau
- sharers
Meaning
Both are sons of the same father, and the wealth is the father's; so full and half-brothers stand alike.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Of a man who has gone without anyone from son to mother, both the brother of the same womb and the half-brother share his wealth equally: this he tells with "mṛtasya" and the rest. O Śivā, the dead man's brother of the same womb and likewise the half-brother, both, since that wealth has come from the father (pitṛgatatva), are equal sharers there and should divide that wealth, divide it and take it: that is the sense.