दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 92
धनमेवं विधानेन दत्तं वा धर्मसात्कृतम् । पुंसा तदन्यथा कर्तुं पुत्राद्यैर्नैव शक्यते ॥ ९२ ॥
dhanamēvaṁ vidhānēna dattaṁ vā dharmasātkṛtam | puṁsā tadanyathā kartuṁ putrādyairnaiva śakyatē || 92 ||
Translation
Wealth given in this way, or made over to dharma, cannot be dealt with otherwise by the man's sons and the rest.
Word by word
- dhanam
- (dhanam) wealth
- ēvaṁ
- in this way
- vidhānēna
- by rule
- dattaṁ
- given
- vā
- or
- dharmasāt
- to dharma
- kṛtam
- (kṛtam) made over
- puṁsā
- by a man
- tat
- that
- anyathā
- otherwise
- kartuṁ
- to deal
- putra
- sons
- ādyaiḥ
- (ādyaiḥ) and the rest
- na
- not
- ēva
- at all
- śakyatē
- can be
Meaning
A lawful gift or religious endowment binds the giver's heirs.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Property given by a man by the rule Śaṅkara has told, or set aside for dharma, cannot be undone by his sons and the rest: this he tells with "dhanam" and the rest. Wealth that a man has given in this way, by the rule told by Śiva, such a rule, or wealth made over to dharma (dharmasātkṛta), put under dharma, that is, set aside for dharma: that wealth cannot be dealt with otherwise by his sons and the rest.