दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 85
ततस्तत्परिवारेभ्यः पुत्रादिक्रमतो धनम् । विभज्य नृपतिर्दद्यादन्यथा पातकी भवेत् ॥ ८५ ॥
tatastatparivārēbhyaḥ putrādikramatō dhanam | vibhajya nṛpatirdadyādanyathā pātakī bhavēt || 85 ||
Translation
Then the king should divide the wealth and give it to his household in order, beginning with the son; otherwise he sins.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- (tataḥ) then
- tat
- his
- parivārēbhyaḥ
- (parivārebhyaḥ) to the household
- putra
- the son
- ādi
- beginning with
- kramataḥ
- (kramataḥ) in order
- dhanam
- (dhanam) the wealth
- vibhajya
- dividing
- nṛpatiḥ
- (nṛpatiḥ) the king
- dadyāt
- should give
- anyathā
- otherwise
- pātakī
- a sinner
- bhavēt
- he is
Meaning
After the funeral rites the estate passes by the ordinary rules of inheritance.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
After that the king should divide the property whose owner is not known of and give it to his household in the order of sons and the rest: this he tells with "tataḥ" and the rest. Then, after that burning, the king should divide his wealth and give it to his household in the order beginning with the son. But what fault is there for a king who does not do so? To that he says "anyathā". Otherwise, not doing this, the king becomes a sinner.