दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 83
नृणामुद्देशहीनानां परिवारान् धनान्यपि । पालयेद्रक्षयेद्राजा यावद्द्वादशवत्सरम् ॥ ८३ ॥
nṛṇāmuddēśahīnānāṁ parivārān dhanānyapi | pālayēdrakṣayēdrājā yāvaddvādaśavatsaram || 83 ||
Translation
Of men of whom there is no news, the king should support the household and guard the wealth for twelve years.
Word by word
- nṛṇām
- (nṛṇām) of men
- uddēśa
- news
- hīnānāṁ
- without
- parivārān
- the household
- dhanāni
- the wealth
- api
- also
- pālayēt
- should support
- rakṣayēt
- should guard
- rājā
- the king
- yāvat
- for
- dvādaśa
- twelve
- vatsaram
- (vatsaram) years
Meaning
The king is trustee for the family of a man who has vanished.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
The king should protect for twelve years the household and the wealth of men of whom nothing is known: this he tells with "nṛṇām" and the rest. Of men of whom there is no news (uddeśa-hīna), of whom nothing has been heard, the king should support the household (parivāra) for twelve years, up to the end of twelve years; and he himself should guard their wealth too.