Vamana Purana — Merit of Shravana Dvadashi, Shloka 63

The Merit of Śravaṇa-Dvādaśī and the Liberation of a Preta through Gayā Piṇḍa-Rites

Devanagari script

ततो मयोक्तः स भ्राता विभजाम गृहं वयम् तेनोक्तो नैव भवतो विद्यते भागा इत्यहम्

Transliteration

tato mayoktaḥ sa bhrātā vibhajāma gṛhaṃ vayam tenokto naiva bhavato vidyate bhāgā ityaham

Translation

Then I said to that brother, ‘Let us divide the household/property.’ He replied, ‘Indeed, you have no share.’ Thus (he spoke) to me.

Speakers

• Narrator-brother to his brother; brother replies to narrator (reported speech)

Key Themes

• Partition of inheritance (vibhāga)
• Denial of legal share (bhāga)
• Household property as dharma-issue

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Does “gṛha” here mean only the physical house?

In such dharma-narrative contexts, gṛha commonly functions as shorthand for the household estate—house, land, goods, and the economic unit—rather than merely the building.

What is the narrative function of the brother’s statement ‘you have no share’?

It introduces the legal/dharmic controversy that the next verse grounds in a rule-like list of persons deemed ineligible for inheritance, reflecting a normative (though historically contested) strand of Dharmaśāstra-style social regulation.