दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 62
शैवीतदन्वयाभावे सोदको ब्रह्मदो नृपः । हरेयुः क्रमतो वित्तं मृतस्य शिवशासनात् ॥ ६२ ॥
śaivītadanvayābhāvē sōdakō brahmadō nṛpaḥ | harēyuḥ kramatō vittaṁ mṛtasya śivaśāsanāt || 62 ||
Translation
When there is no śaivī wife nor her line, the sodaka, the teacher of the Veda and the king take the dead man's wealth in their order, by Śiva's command.
Word by word
- śaivī
- the śaivī
- tat
- and her
- anvaya
- line
- abhāvē
- in want
- sōdakaḥ
- (sodakaḥ) the sodaka
- brahmadaḥ
- (brahmadaḥ) the teacher of the Veda
- nṛpaḥ
- (nṛpaḥ) the king
- harēyuḥ
- take
- kramataḥ
- (kramataḥ) in order
- vittaṁ
- the wealth
- mṛtasya
- of the dead man
- śiva
- of Śiva
- śāsanāt
- (śāsanāt) by the command
Meaning
The last heirs: first a sodaka (a distant kinsman, defined in verse 63), then the brahmada, the teacher who taught the dead man the Veda, and last the king.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Of a man who has gone to the five elements without anyone down to the śaivī's descendants, beginning with the son, the sodaka, the teacher of the Veda and the king have a right in their order to all his property, land and the rest: this he tells with "śaivī" and the rest. When there is no śaivī and no line of hers, the sodaka, the brahmada, the teacher who teaches the Veda, and the king take the dead man's wealth in their order, by the command of Śiva, as Śiva ordains. That is: while there is no śaivī or line of hers, first the sodaka takes the dead man's wealth; failing him, the teacher of the Veda; and failing him, the king.