मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-10, verse-32
प्रसाधनोपचारज्ञमदासं दासजीवनम ।
सैरिन्ध्रं वागुरावृत्तिं सूते दस्युरयोगवे ॥३२॥
सैरिन्ध्रं वागुरावृत्तिं सूते दस्युरयोगवे ॥३२॥
32. prasādhanopacārajñamadāsaṁ dāsajīvanam ,
sairindhraṁ vāgurāvṛttiṁ sūte dasyurayogave.
sairindhraṁ vāgurāvṛttiṁ sūte dasyurayogave.
32.
prasādhanopacārajñam adāsam dāsajīvanam
sairindhram vāgurāvṛttim sūte dasyuḥ ayogave
sairindhram vāgurāvṛttim sūte dasyuḥ ayogave
32.
dasyuḥ ayogave prasādhanopacārajñam adāsam
dāsajīvanam vāgurāvṛttim sairindhram sūte
dāsajīvanam vāgurāvṛttim sairindhram sūte
32.
A dasyu (man) begets in an ayogavī (woman) a sairindhra, who is skilled in adornment and service, not a slave yet living a slave's life, and whose livelihood is that of a fowler (or hunter using nets).
Words meanings summery:
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- प्रसाधनोपचारज्ञम् (prasādhanopacārajñam) - skilled in adornment and service
- अदासम् (adāsam) - not a slave, free
- दासजीवनम् (dāsajīvanam) - living like a slave, having a slave's livelihood
- सैरिन्ध्रम् (sairindhram) - a sairindhra (a specific mixed-caste attendant, often female, but contextually here, the offspring)
- वागुरावृत्तिम् (vāgurāvṛttim) - having the profession of a fowler or hunter (using a net)
- सूते (sūte) - she gives birth, produces
- दस्युः (dasyuḥ) - a dasyu, a robber, a barbarian, an outcast
- अयोगवे (ayogave) - in an ayogavī (woman)
Words meanings and morphology
प्रसाधनोपचारज्ञम् (prasādhanopacārajñam) - skilled in adornment and service
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of prasādhanopacārajña
prasādhanopacārajña - one skilled in adornment and service
Compound type : tatpurusha (prasādhana+upacāra+jña)
- prasādhana – adornment, dressing, decoration
noun (neuter)
Prefix: pra
Root: sādh (class 5) - upacāra – service, attendance, treatment
noun (masculine)
Prefix: upa
Root: car (class 1) - jña – knowing, skilled in
adjective (masculine)
root jñā + ka
Root: jñā (class 9)
Note: Qualifies 'sairindhram'.
अदासम् (adāsam) - not a slave, free
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of adāsa
adāsa - not a slave, free
negation of dāsa
Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+dāsa)
- a – not, non-
indeclinable
negation prefix - dāsa – slave, servant
noun (masculine)
Note: Qualifies 'sairindhram'.
दासजीवनम् (dāsajīvanam) - living like a slave, having a slave's livelihood
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of dāsajīvana
dāsajīvana - having the livelihood of a slave, living like a slave
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpurusha (dāsa+jīvana)
- dāsa – slave, servant
noun (masculine) - jīvana – livelihood, living, life
noun (neuter)
root jīv + lyuṭ
Root: jīv (class 1)
Note: Qualifies 'sairindhram'.
सैरिन्ध्रम् (sairindhram) - a sairindhra (a specific mixed-caste attendant, often female, but contextually here, the offspring)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of sairindhra
sairindhra - a specific mixed-caste individual, usually a female attendant, sometimes male, often skilled in adornment
from sairindhrī, feminine form
Note: Object of 'sūte'.
वागुरावृत्तिम् (vāgurāvṛttim) - having the profession of a fowler or hunter (using a net)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vāgurāvṛtti
vāgurāvṛtti - one whose livelihood is by means of nets/snares, a fowler, a hunter
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpurusha (vāgurā+vṛtti)
- vāgurā – net, snare, trap
noun (feminine) - vṛtti – livelihood, profession, mode of conduct
noun (feminine)
root vṛt + ktin
Root: vṛt (class 1)
Note: Qualifies 'sairindhram'.
सूते (sūte) - she gives birth, produces
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of sū
Root: sū (class 4)
Note: The subject is implied to be the Ayogavī woman, or 'dasyuḥ' as 'begets' in this specific context.
दस्युः (dasyuḥ) - a dasyu, a robber, a barbarian, an outcast
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dasyu
dasyu - a robber, barbarian, outcast, a specific mixed-caste (son of kṣatriya by śūdra woman)
Note: Nominative, the agent performing the action of begetting.
अयोगवे (ayogave) - in an ayogavī (woman)
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of ayogavī
ayogavī - a woman of the Ayogava class (mixed caste, traditionally son of śūdra by vaiśya woman, or vice-versa)
feminine of ayogava
Note: Locative case, indicating 'in whom' or 'by whom' the offspring is produced.