दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 60
शैवोद्वाहं प्रकुर्वन्तीं शैवभर्त्तैव पालयेत् । सौम्याञ्चेन्नाधिकारोऽस्याः पित्रादीनां धने प्रिये ॥ ६० ॥
śaivōdvāhaṁ prakurvantīṁ śaivabharttaiva pālayēt | saumyāñcēnnādhikārō’syāḥ pitrādīnāṁ dhanē priyē || 60 ||
Translation
The woman who makes a śaiva marriage, if she is of good conduct, is to be supported by her śaiva husband alone, O beloved; she has no right to the wealth of her father and the rest.
Word by word
- śaiva
- śaiva
- udvāhaṁ
- a marriage
- prakurvantīṁ
- making
- bharttā
- husband
- ēva
- alone
- pālayēt
- should support
- saumyāṁ
- of good conduct
- cēt
- if
- na
- no
- adhikāraḥ
- (adhikāraḥ) right
- asyāḥ
- (asyāḥ) her
- pitṛ
- of the father
- ādīnāṁ
- and the rest
- dhanē
- in the wealth
- priyē
- O beloved
Meaning
By the śaiva marriage she leaves her father's claims behind; her husband is bound to support her. The commentary reads the verse "if he knows her to be of good conduct".
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But should a woman who makes a śaiva marriage be supported by her father and the rest, or by her śaiva husband? To this doubt he says "śaivodvāham" and the rest. O dear one, since this śaivī woman has no right to the wealth of her father and the rest, therefore the woman who makes a śaiva marriage, if he knows her to be saumyā, not unchaste, her śaiva husband alone should support her, protect her. "Knows" has to be supplied. In "prakurvantīm" the augment num is a Vedic licence.