दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 69
कालातीते तु विज्ञाते खण्डेऽशौचं न विद्यते । पूर्णे त्रिरात्रं विहितं न चेत् संवत्सरात् परम् ॥ ६९ ॥
kālātītē tu vijñātē khaṇḍē’śaucaṁ na vidyatē | pūrṇē trirātraṁ vihitaṁ na cēt saṁvatsarāt param || 69 ||
Translation
If it becomes known after its time has passed, there is no partial impurity; for a full one three nights are ordained, unless it is more than a year.
Word by word
- kāla
- the time
- atītē
- having passed
- tu
- but
- vijñātē
- known
- khaṇḍē
- partial
- aśaucaṁ
- impurity
- na
- no
- vidyatē
- is
- pūrṇē
- for a full one
- trirātraṁ
- three nights
- vihitaṁ
- ordained
- cēt
- if
- saṁvatsarāt
- (saṁvatsarāt) than a year
- param
- (param) more
Meaning
News that arrives late: a distant relative's death brings no impurity; a close relative's brings three nights, but none at all after a year. The commentary, citing Devala, notes that this concerns a death; a birth heard of late brings no impurity.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But when the time of impurity has passed, by how many days and nights are brāhmaṇas and others purified who hear of the death of a kinsman within the year? To that he says "kālātīte" and the rest. When the time of impurity has gone by and a partial impurity becomes known, there is no impurity. If a full impurity becomes known after its time has passed, then, provided it is not beyond a year, beyond a twelvemonth, an impurity of three nights is ordained. "Kālātīta" means what has gone beyond the time, a genitive tatpuruṣa by the sūtra "ṣaṣṭhī"; "atīta" is the kta suffix of the root iṇ with ati. By Devala's saying, "there is no impurity for a birth when the days have gone by", this rule concerns a death.