दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 59
शैवी पत्नी च तत्पुत्रा लभेरन् धनभागिनः । ग्रासमाच्छादनं भद्रे स्वःप्रयातुर्यथा धनम् ॥ ५९ ॥
śaivī patnī ca tatputrā labhēran dhanabhāginaḥ | grāsamācchādanaṁ bhadrē svaḥprayāturyathā dhanam || 59 ||
Translation
The śaivī wife and her sons receive from the one who shares the wealth their food and clothing, O gracious one, in proportion to the estate of the man who has gone to heaven.
Word by word
- śaivī
- the śaivī
- patnī
- wife
- ca
- and
- tat
- her
- putrāḥ
- (putrāḥ) sons
- labhēran
- receive
- dhana
- the wealth
- bhāginaḥ
- (bhāginaḥ) from the one who shares
- grāsam
- (grāsam) food
- ācchādanaṁ
- and clothing
- bhadrē
- O gracious one
- svaḥprayātuḥ
- (svaḥprayātuḥ) of the man gone to heaven
- yathā
- according to
- dhanam
- (dhanam) the wealth
Meaning
They are not left destitute: the heir must maintain them according to the size of the estate.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But while the brāhmī's line or a sapiṇḍa of the parents is living, the śaivī's sons have no share in their dead father's inheritance; how are they to fill their bellies and live? To that he says "śaivī" and the rest. O gracious one (bhadrā), the śaivī wife of the man who has gone to heaven and her sons, the śaivī's children, receive from the man who shares his wealth food and clothing (grāsācchādana) according to the wealth, according to the estate, of the dead man.