दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 87
यद्यागच्छेदनुद्दिष्टो विभागान्तेऽपि कालिके । तस्यैव दाराः पुत्राश्च धनं तस्यैव नान्यथा ॥ ८७ ॥
yadyāgacchēdanuddiṣṭō vibhāgāntē’pi kālikē | tasyaiva dārāḥ putrāśca dhanaṁ tasyaiva nānyathā || 87 ||
Translation
If the missing man returns, O Kālikā, even after the division, his wives, sons and wealth are his alone, and not otherwise.
Word by word
- yadi
- if
- āgacchēt
- returns
- anuddiṣṭaḥ
- (anuddiṣṭaḥ) the missing man
- vibhāga
- the division
- antē
- after
- api
- even
- kālikē
- O Kālikā
- tasya
- his
- ēva
- alone
- dārāḥ
- (dārāḥ) wives
- putrāḥ
- (putrāḥ) sons
- ca
- and
- dhanaṁ
- wealth
- na
- not
- anyathā
- otherwise
Meaning
The returned man resumes his family and property in full.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
If the man of whom nothing was known returns even after the property has been divided, wife and the rest are his: this he tells with "yadi" and the rest. O Kālikā, if a man of whom nothing was known returns even after the division, then his wife, his sons and his wealth are his alone; it is not otherwise.