दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 94
मूलं वा तदुपस्वत्वं यथासङ्कल्पमम्बिके । स्वयं वा तत्प्रतिनिधिर्धर्मार्थं विनियोजयेत् ॥ ९४ ॥
mūlaṁ vā tadupasvatvaṁ yathāsaṅkalpamambikē | svayaṁ vā tatpratinidhirdharmārthaṁ viniyōjayēt || 94 ||
Translation
The capital or its produce, O Ambikā, he himself or his representative should apply to dharma as was resolved.
Word by word
- mūlaṁ
- the capital
- vā
- or
- tat
- its
- upasvatvaṁ
- produce
- yathā
- as
- saṅkalpam
- (saṅkalpam) resolved
- ambikē
- O Ambikā
- svayaṁ
- himself
- pratinidhiḥ
- (pratinidhiḥ) representative
- dharma
- dharma
- arthaṁ
- for the sake of
- viniyōjayēt
- should apply
Meaning
The terms of the endowment govern its use.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
The capital or its produce is to be applied to dharma by the man himself or by his representative, as was resolved: this he tells with "mūlam" and the rest. O Ambikā, as resolved (yathāsaṅkalpam), not going beyond the resolve, the man himself, or his representative (pratinidhi), one who stands for him, should apply to dharma either the capital, the wealth, or its produce. A representative is one who is taken up, like him, in the absence of the principal.