दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 48
स्वःप्रयातुः स्थिते ताते तथा मातरि कालिके । पुंसो मुख्यतरत्वेन धनहारी भवेत् पिता ॥ ४८ ॥
svaḥprayātuḥ sthitē tātē tathā mātari kālikē | puṁsō mukhyataratvēna dhanahārī bhavēt pitā || 48 ||
Translation
When the father and mother of the man who has gone to heaven are both alive, O Kālikā, the father takes the wealth, because the male comes first.
Word by word
- svaḥprayātuḥ
- (svaḥprayātuḥ) of the man gone to heaven
- sthitē
- being alive
- tātē
- the father
- tathā
- and
- mātari
- the mother
- kālikē
- O Kālikā
- puṁsaḥ
- (puṁsaḥ) of the male
- mukhyataratvēna
- because coming first
- dhana
- of the wealth
- hārī
- the taker
- bhavēt
- is
- pitā
- the father
Meaning
Between the two parents, the father inherits.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Of the departed man's living mother and father, the father alone takes his wealth, because the male stands first: this he tells with "svaḥprayātuḥ" and the rest. O Kālikā, when the father (tāta) of the man who has gone to heaven, the dead man, is living, and the mother is living too, because the male ranks first the father takes the wealth.