satrÄjito 'napatyatvÄd
gá¹›hṇīyur duhituḥ sutÄḥ
dÄyaá¹ ninÄ«yÄpaḥ piṇá¸Än
vimucyarṇaṠca śeṣitam
satrÄjitaḥ - of SatrÄjit; anapatyatvÄt - because of not having sons; gá¹›hṇīyuḥ - they should take; duhituḥ - of his daughter; sutÄḥ - the sons; dÄyam - the inheritance; ninÄ«ya - after presenting; Äpaḥ - water; piṇá¸Än - and memorial offerings; vimucya - after clearing; ṛṇam - debts; ca - and; Å›eá¹£itam - remaining.
“Since SatrÄjit had no sons, his daughter’s sons should receive his inheritance. They should pay for memorial offerings of water and piṇá¸a, clear their grandfather’s outstanding debts and keep the remainder of the inheritance for themselves.
ÅšrÄ«la ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ« quotes the following smá¹›ti injunction regarding inheritance: patnÄ« duhitaraÅ› caiva pitaro bhrÄtaras tathÄ/tat-sutÄ gotra-jÄ bandhuḥ Å›iá¹£yÄḥ sa-brahmacÄriṇaḥ. “The inheritance goes first to the wife, then [if the wife has passed away] to the daughters, then to the parents, then to the brothers, then to the brothers’ sons, then to family members of the same gotra as the deceased, and then to his disciples, including brahmacÄrÄ«s.â€
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« adds that since SatrÄjit had no sons, since his wives were killed together with him, and since his daughter SatyabhÄmÄ was not interested in the Syamantaka jewel, which constituted the inheritance, it rightfully belonged to her sons.
In Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, ÅšrÄ«la PrabhupÄda explains: “Lord Kṛṣṇa indicated by this statement that SatyabhÄmÄ was already pregnant and that her son would be the real claimant of the jewel and would certainly take the jewel from AkrÅ«ra.â€
