दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 86
न कोऽपि रक्षिता यस्य दीनस्याऽऽपद्गतस्य च । तस्यैव नृपतिः पाता यतो भूपः प्रजाप्रभुः ॥ ८६ ॥
na kō’pi rakṣitā yasya dīnasyā’’padgatasya ca | tasyaiva nṛpatiḥ pātā yatō bhūpaḥ prajāprabhuḥ || 86 ||
Translation
Of the poor man fallen into misfortune who has no protector, the king himself is the guardian; for the king is the lord of his people.
Word by word
- na
- no
- kaḥ
- (kaḥ) one
- api
- at all
- rakṣitā
- protector
- yasya
- of whom
- dīnasya
- of the poor man
- āpad
- misfortune
- gatasya
- fallen into
- ca
- and
- tasya
- his
- ēva
- himself
- nṛpatiḥ
- (nṛpatiḥ) the king
- pātā
- guardian
- yataḥ
- (yataḥ) for
- bhūpaḥ
- (bhūpaḥ) the king
- prajā
- of the people
- prabhuḥ
- (prabhuḥ) lord
Meaning
The king is protector of last resort.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
A man in misfortune who has no other protector is to be protected by the king himself: this he tells with "na ko 'pi" and the rest. Of the man fallen into misfortune (āpadgata, in adversity), poor (dīna, needy), who has no protector at all, the king alone is the guardian, the protector. For the king alone is the lord, the master, of his subjects. "Nisva, durvidha, dīna, daridra and durgata mean poor," says the lexicon.