दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 6
सम्बन्धो द्विविधो ज्ञेयो विवाहाज्जन्मनस्तथा । तत्रौद्वाहिकसम्बन्धादपरो बलवत्तरः ॥ ६ ॥
sambandhō dvividhō jñēyō vivāhājjanmanastathā | tatraudvāhikasambandhādaparō balavattaraḥ || 6 ||
Translation
Relationship is to be known as of two kinds, by marriage and by birth; and of these, the relationship by birth is the stronger.
Word by word
- sambandhaḥ
- (sambandhaḥ) relationship
- dvividhaḥ
- (dvividhaḥ) of two kinds
- jñēyaḥ
- (jñeyaḥ) is to be known
- vivāhāt
- (vivāhāt) by marriage
- janmanaḥ
- (janmanaḥ) by birth
- tathā
- and
- tatra
- of these
- audvāhika
- by marriage
- sambandhāt
- (sambandhāt) than the relationship
- aparaḥ
- (aparaḥ) the other
- balavattaraḥ
- (balavattaraḥ) stronger
Meaning
The first principle of the law: blood ranks above marriage. A son, born of the man, has a stronger claim than a wife, related by marriage; the later verses work this out case by case.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now, speaking of the two kinds of relationship that matter for dividing an inheritance, by marriage and by birth, Mahādeva shows that the relationship by birth is stronger than that by marriage, with "sambandhaḥ" and the rest. Relationship is to be known as of two kinds: from marriage and from birth (janman, being born). Of the two, the other, the relationship by birth, is to be known as stronger than the relationship by marriage.