दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 70
वर्षातीतेऽपि चेन्मातुः पितुर्वा मरणश्रुतौ । त्रिरात्रमशुचिः पुत्रस्तथा भर्तुः पतिव्रता ॥ ७० ॥
varṣātītē’pi cēnmātuḥ piturvā maraṇaśrutau | trirātramaśuciḥ putrastathā bhartuḥ pativratā || 70 ||
Translation
Even after a year, on hearing of the death of his mother or father a son is impure for three nights, and a faithful wife on hearing of her husband's.
Word by word
- varṣa
- a year
- atītē
- having passed
- api
- even
- cēt
- if
- mātuḥ
- (mātuḥ) of the mother
- pituḥ
- (pituḥ) of the father
- vā
- or
- maraṇa
- of the death
- śrutau
- on hearing
- trirātram
- (trirātram) for three nights
- aśuciḥ
- (aśuciḥ) impure
- putraḥ
- (putraḥ) a son
- tathā
- and
- bhartuḥ
- (bhartuḥ) of the husband
- pativratā
- a faithful wife
Meaning
The exception to verse 69: for a parent or a husband the three nights hold however late the news comes.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Even when a year has passed, a son who hears of the death of his mother or father, and a faithful wife who hears of her lord's death, are impure for three nights: this he tells with "varṣātīte 'pi" and the rest. Even when the year has gone by, when the year has been passed, if there is news of the death of his mother or father, then on hearing of their death the son is impure for three nights; and likewise on hearing of the death of her husband, her lord, a faithful wife (pativratā) is impure for three nights.