दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 4
अतस्तेषां हितार्थाय नियमो धर्मसम्मतः । नियोज्यते यमाश्रित्य न भ्रश्येयुः शुभान्नराः ॥ ४ ॥
atastēṣāṁ hitārthāya niyamō dharmasammataḥ | niyōjyatē yamāśritya na bhraśyēyuḥ śubhānnarāḥ || 4 ||
Translation
Therefore, for their good, a rule in accord with dharma is laid down; resting on it, men will not fall away from what is good.
Word by word
- ataḥ
- (ataḥ) therefore
- tēṣāṁ
- their
- hita
- good
- arthāya
- for the sake of
- niyamaḥ
- (niyamaḥ) a rule
- dharma
- with dharma
- sammataḥ
- (sammataḥ) in accord
- niyōjyatē
- is laid down
- yam
- (yam) which
- āśritya
- resting on
- na
- not
- bhraśyēyuḥ
- would fall away
- śubhāt
- (śubhāt) from the good
- narāḥ
- (narāḥ) men
Meaning
Law here is not set against dharma but grounded in it: the rule is "dharma-sammata", agreeable to righteousness, and its purpose is the good of the very people who would otherwise harm one another.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 2.