मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-10, verse-27
एते षट सदृशान वर्णाञ्जनयन्ति स्वयोनिषु ।
मातृजात्यां प्रसूयन्ते प्रवारासु च योनिषु ॥२७॥
मातृजात्यां प्रसूयन्ते प्रवारासु च योनिषु ॥२७॥
27. ete ṣaṭ sadṛśān varṇāñjanayanti svayoniṣu ,
mātṛjātyāṁ prasūyante pravārāsu ca yoniṣu.
mātṛjātyāṁ prasūyante pravārāsu ca yoniṣu.
27.
ete ṣaṭ sadṛśān varṇān janayanti svayoniṣu
mātṛjātyām prasūyante pravārāsu ca yoniṣu
mātṛjātyām prasūyante pravārāsu ca yoniṣu
27.
ete ṣaṭ svayoniṣu sadṛśān varṇān janayanti
mātṛjātyām ca pravārāsu yoniṣu prasūyante
mātṛjātyām ca pravārāsu yoniṣu prasūyante
27.
These six (mixed castes) beget individuals of similar classes within their own respective unions. (Their offspring) are born into the mother's lineage and also into superior lineages.
Words meanings summery:
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- एते (ete) - these (six mixed castes) (these)
- षट् (ṣaṭ) - six
- सदृशान् (sadṛśān) - similar (similar, like, resembling)
- वर्णान् (varṇān) - classes or castes (colors, castes, classes, types)
- जनयन्ति (janayanti) - they beget, they produce (they beget, they produce, they cause to be born)
- स्वयोनिषु (svayoniṣu) - in their own respective unions/lineages (in their own origins, in their own wombs, in their own places)
- मातृजात्याम् (mātṛjātyām) - into the mother's lineage/caste (in the mother's caste, in the mother's species)
- प्रसूयन्ते (prasūyante) - they are born (they are born, they spring forth)
- प्रवारासु (pravārāsu) - in superior (in superior, in excellent)
- च (ca) - and also (and, also, even)
- योनिषु (yoniṣu) - in lineages/unions (in wombs, in origins, in lineages, in places)
Words meanings and morphology
एते (ete) - these (six mixed castes) (these)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of etad
etad - this, that
Note: Refers to the six mixed castes mentioned in the previous verse.
षट् (ṣaṭ) - six
(indeclinable)
Note: Null for gender/case as it's an indeclinable numeral, but functions as nominative plural here.
सदृशान् (sadṛśān) - similar (similar, like, resembling)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of sadṛśa
sadṛśa - similar, like, resembling
Compound type : bahuvrihi (sa+dṛśa)
- sa – with, together
prefix - dṛśa – appearance, sight
noun (neuter)
Form derived from the root dṛś to see.
Root: dṛś (class 1)
Note: Agrees with varṇān.
वर्णान् (varṇān) - classes or castes (colors, castes, classes, types)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of varṇa
varṇa - color, outward appearance, class, caste, character, species, sound
Root: vṛ (class 9)
जनयन्ति (janayanti) - they beget, they produce (they beget, they produce, they cause to be born)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of jan
Present active
Root jan (Div. 4) in causative sense or class 10.
Root: jan (class 4)
स्वयोनिषु (svayoniṣu) - in their own respective unions/lineages (in their own origins, in their own wombs, in their own places)
(noun)
Locative, feminine, plural of svayoni
svayoni - one's own origin, one's own womb, one's own class
Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+yoni)
- sva – own, one's own
pronoun - yoni – womb, origin, source, caste, lineage
noun (feminine)
मातृजात्याम् (mātṛjātyām) - into the mother's lineage/caste (in the mother's caste, in the mother's species)
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of mātṛjāti
mātṛjāti - mother's caste, mother's species
Compound type : tatpurusha (mātṛ+jāti)
- mātṛ – mother
noun (feminine) - jāti – birth, family, race, caste, genus
noun (feminine)
प्रसूयन्ते (prasūyante) - they are born (they are born, they spring forth)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, passive, present (laṭ) of pra-sū
Present middle/passive
Root sū with prefix pra. prasūyante is a passive/middle form.
Prefix: pra
Root: sū (class 2)
प्रवारासु (pravārāsu) - in superior (in superior, in excellent)
(adjective)
Locative, feminine, plural of pravāra
pravāra - superior, excellent, chief
Derived from pra (forth) + vṛ (to choose).
Root: vṛ (class 5)
Note: Agrees with yoniṣu.
च (ca) - and also (and, also, even)
(indeclinable)
योनिषु (yoniṣu) - in lineages/unions (in wombs, in origins, in lineages, in places)
(noun)
Locative, feminine, plural of yoni
yoni - womb, origin, source, caste, lineage