दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 79
भ्रातृपुत्रोऽपि दत्तश्चेद्गृहीतैव भवेत् पिता । उत्पादकः पितृव्यः स्यात् सर्वकर्मसु कालिके ॥ ७९ ॥
bhrātṛputrō’pi dattaścēdgṛhītaiva bhavēt pitā | utpādakaḥ pitṛvyaḥ syāt sarvakarmasu kālikē || 79 ||
Translation
Even if the adopted boy is a brother's son, the one who took him is his father, O Kālikā, and the one who begot him is his uncle, in all rites.
Word by word
- bhrātṛ
- of a brother
- putraḥ
- (putraḥ) the son
- api
- even
- dattaḥ
- (dattaḥ) adopted
- cēt
- if
- gṛhītā
- the one who took
- ēva
- alone
- bhavēt
- is
- pitā
- the father
- utpādakaḥ
- (utpādakaḥ) the begetter
- pitṛvyaḥ
- (pitṛvyaḥ) the uncle
- syāt
- is
- sarva
- all
- karmasu
- in rites
- kālikē
- O Kālikā
Meaning
Adoption within the family changes the relationships fully, for every ritual purpose.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
When even a brother's son is adopted, the one who takes him is his father, and the one who begot him is his father's brother: this he tells with "bhrātṛputraḥ" and the rest. O Kālikā, if even a brother's son has been given in adoption, then in all rites the one who took him alone is his father, while the one who begot him, his natural father, is his father's brother (pitṛvya).