दायभागकथनम्The law of inheritance
Verse 96
यदि स्वोपार्जितस्यार्धमेकस्मै धनहारिणाम् । ददात्यन्यैश्च दायादैः प्रतिरोद्धुं न शक्यते ॥ ९६ ॥
yadi svōpārjitasyārdhamēkasmai dhanahāriṇām | dadātyanyaiśca dāyādaiḥ pratirōddhuṁ na śakyatē || 96 ||
Translation
If he gives half his self-earned wealth to one of those who would take his wealth, the other heirs cannot stop it.
Word by word
- yadi
- if
- sva
- self
- upārjitasya
- of the earned
- ardham
- (ardham) half
- ēkasmai
- to one
- dhana
- the wealth
- hāriṇām
- (hāriṇām) of those who take
- dadāti
- gives
- anyaiḥ
- (anyaiḥ) by the other
- ca
- and
- dāyādaiḥ
- (dāyādaiḥ) heirs
- pratirōddhuṁ
- to stop
- na
- not
- śakyatē
- it can be
Meaning
A man may favour one heir with up to half of what he himself earned.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
But when half of the self-earned property is given to one of many heirs, can the other heirs stop it or not? To that he says "yadi" and the rest. If the earner gives half of his self-earned property to one among the heirs who take the wealth, then the other heirs cannot stop (pratiroddhum), cannot prevent, it.