दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 95
स्वोपार्जितधनस्यार्धं दायादायाऽपि चेत् धनी । दद्यात् स्नेहेन तच्चान्यो नान्यथा कर्तुमर्हति ॥ ९५ ॥
svōpārjitadhanasyārdhaṁ dāyādāyā’pi cēt dhanī | dadyāt snēhēna taccānyō nānyathā kartumarhati || 95 ||
Translation
If a man of wealth out of affection gives half of his self-earned wealth even to an heir, no other may undo it.
Word by word
- sva
- self
- upārjita
- earned
- dhanasya
- of the wealth
- ardhaṁ
- half
- dāyādāya
- to an heir
- api
- even
- cēt
- if
- dhanī
- a man of wealth
- dadyāt
- gives
- snēhēna
- out of affection
- tat
- that
- ca
- and
- anyaḥ
- (anyaḥ) another
- na
- not
- anyathā
- otherwise
- kartum
- (kartum) to do
- arhati
- may
Meaning
The commentary takes this as the case of two heirs; the next verse is the case of many.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But may another man undo the half of self-earned property that the earner gave out of love even to one who takes the inheritance? To that he says "svopārjitadhanasya" and the rest. If a wealthy man out of affection (sneha, love) gives half of his self-earned wealth even to an heir, to one who takes the wealth, then another person is not entitled, not fit, to deal otherwise with that half of the self-earned wealth given out of affection. This saying concerns two sharers, since the saying to be told next concerns many sharers.