दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 72
अशौचानां गुरुत्वञ्च कालव्यापित्वगौरवात् । व्याप्यव्यापकयोर्मध्ये गरीयो व्यापकं स्मृतम् ॥ ७२ ॥
aśaucānāṁ gurutvañca kālavyāpitvagauravāt | vyāpyavyāpakayōrmadhyē garīyō vyāpakaṁ smṛtam || 72 ||
Translation
The heaviness of impurities is by the weight of the time they cover; of the covered and the covering, the covering is held the weightier.
Word by word
- aśaucānāṁ
- of impurities
- gurutvaṁ
- the heaviness
- ca
- and
- kāla
- time
- vyāpitva
- of covering
- gauravāt
- (gauravāt) by the weight
- vyāpya
- of the covered
- vyāpakayōḥ
- (vyāpakayoḥ) and the covering
- madhyē
- between
- garīyaḥ
- (garīyaḥ) weightier
- vyāpakaṁ
- the covering
- smṛtam
- (smṛtam) is held
Meaning
The longer impurity "covers" the shorter one and so decides.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Now he defines the heaviness of impurities, with "aśaucānām" and the rest. The heaviness of impurities is by the weight of the time they cover: because of the time they cover being heavier. An impurity covering a longer time is heavier, and one covering a shorter time is lighter: that is the sense. Of two impurities, the one that is covered and the one that covers, the covering impurity is held the weightier, the heavier.