Arthashastra 3.5.2: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 5, Sutra 2

Devanagari script

तेषामूर्ध्वं पितृतो दायविभागः पितृद्रव्याणाम् ॥ कZ_०३.५.०२ ॥

Recitation with translationArthashastra 3.5.2

Transliteration

teṣām ūrdhvaṃ pitṛto dāyavibhāgaḥ pitṛdravyāṇām

Translation

बाप के जाने के बाद ही बाप की प्रॉपर्टी का हिस्सा बाँटा जाता है। जब तक बाप है, तब तक कुछ भी बाँटना नहीं।

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Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them (i.e., of those persons/heirs mentioned)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (Genitive plural), सर्वनाम

• ऊर्ध्वम्: upwards; in the ascending line
• Type: Indeclinable/Adverb
• Root: ऊर्ध्व
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial)

• पितृतः: from the father; on the paternal side
• Type: Noun (used adverbially)
• Root: पितृ
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनम् (Ablative singular) ‘from the father’; here used in the sense ‘on the father’s side / through the father’

• दाय-विभागः: division/partition of inheritance
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभज् (वि+भज्)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Nominative singular), पुल्लिङ्ग; समासः

• पितृ-द्रव्याणाम्: of the father’s properties/assets
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (Genitive plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासः

Entities Mentioned

• sons/heirs
• father
• father's estate

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What does ‘ūrdhvam’ operationally imply for administrators?

Partition is not recognized while the father’s authority persists; officials should treat the estate as undivided until the legally relevant endpoint.