दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 63
पिण्डदात् सप्तपुरुषाः सपिण्डाः कथिताः प्रिये । सोदका दशमान्ताः स्युस्ततः केवलगोत्रजाः ॥ ६३ ॥
piṇḍadāt saptapuruṣāḥ sapiṇḍāḥ kathitāḥ priyē | sōdakā daśamāntāḥ syustataḥ kēvalagōtrajāḥ || 63 ||
Translation
Counting from the giver of the piṇḍa, seven generations are called sapiṇḍas, O beloved; to the tenth they are sodakas, and beyond that only of the same gotra.
Word by word
- piṇḍadāt
- (piṇḍadāt) from the giver of the piṇḍa
- sapta
- seven
- puruṣāḥ
- (puruṣāḥ) generations
- sapiṇḍāḥ
- (sapiṇḍāḥ) sapiṇḍas
- kathitāḥ
- (kathitāḥ) are called
- priyē
- O beloved
- sōdakāḥ
- (sodakāḥ) sodakas
- daśama
- the tenth
- antāḥ
- (antāḥ) ending with
- syuḥ
- are
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) beyond
- kēvala
- only
- gōtra
- of the gotra
- jāḥ
- (jāḥ) born
Meaning
The degrees of kinship: sapiṇḍas, who share the offering of the rice-ball (piṇḍa), reach seven generations; sodakas, who share the offering of water, to the tenth; after that only the common family name, the gotra, remains.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But who are sapiṇḍas, who are sodakas, and who are only of the same gotra? To that he says "piṇḍadāt" and the rest. O dear one, counting from the one who gives the piṇḍa, beginning with that man, seven generations are called sapiṇḍas; beyond them, those ending with the tenth, ending with the tenth generation, are sodakas; and after them they are only of the same gotra (kevala-gotraja). In "piṇḍadāt" the ablative stands for the object of an elided gerund, by "lyablope karmaṇy adhikaraṇe ca".