दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 67
लोकेऽस्मिन् जन्मसम्बन्धाद् यथाऽशौचं विधीयते । धनभागित्वसम्बन्धात् त्रिरात्रं विहितं तथा ॥ ६७ ॥
lōkē’smin janmasambandhād yathā’śaucaṁ vidhīyatē | dhanabhāgitvasambandhāt trirātraṁ vihitaṁ tathā || 67 ||
Translation
As in this world impurity is ordained by the bond of birth, so by the bond of sharing the wealth an impurity of three nights is ordained.
Word by word
- lōkē
- in the world
- asmin
- this
- janma
- of birth
- sambandhāt
- (sambandhāt) by the bond
- yathā
- as
- aśaucaṁ
- impurity
- vidhīyatē
- is ordained
- dhana
- the wealth
- bhāgitva
- of sharing
- trirātraṁ
- of three nights
- vihitaṁ
- ordained
- tathā
- so
Meaning
Aśauca, ritual impurity after a death, falls on the kin by blood for a set period; an heir who is not close kin still keeps three nights of it, because he shares the dead man's wealth. Verses 67-74 give the rules of impurity.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
As impurity from death and birth arises for all kin from the relation of birth, so for those who take the wealth too there is impurity of three nights from the relation of sharing the wealth: this he tells with "loke" and the rest. As in this world impurity (aśauca) caused by a death or a birth is ordained for people from the relation of birth, so likewise impurity of three nights is ordained for the one who takes the wealth, from the relation of sharing the wealth. "Loka in the sense of the world and of people," says the lexicon.