मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-10, verse-52
वासांसि मृतचैलानि भिन्नभाण्डेषु भोजनम ।
कार्ष्णायसमलङ्कारः परिव्रज्या च नित्यशः ॥५२॥
कार्ष्णायसमलङ्कारः परिव्रज्या च नित्यशः ॥५२॥
52. vāsāṁsi mṛtacailāni bhinnabhāṇḍeṣu bhojanam ,
kārṣṇāyasamalaṅkāraḥ parivrajyā ca nityaśaḥ.
kārṣṇāyasamalaṅkāraḥ parivrajyā ca nityaśaḥ.
52.
vāsāṃsi mṛtacailāni bhinnabhāṇḍeṣu bhojanam
kārṣṇāyasam alaṅkāraḥ parivrajyā ca nityaśaḥ
kārṣṇāyasam alaṅkāraḥ parivrajyā ca nityaśaḥ
52.
vāsāṃsi mṛtacailāni bhinnabhāṇḍeṣu bhojanam
kārṣṇāyasamalaṅkāraḥ parivrajyā ca nityaśaḥ
kārṣṇāyasamalaṅkāraḥ parivrajyā ca nityaśaḥ
52.
Their clothing should be garments taken from the dead, their food eaten in broken vessels. Their ornamentation should be black iron, and wandering (parivrajyā) for alms should be their constant practice.
Words meanings summery:
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- वासांसि (vāsāṁsi) - clothes, garments, apparel
- मृतचैलानि (mṛtacailāni) - clothing taken from corpses (garments of the dead, old clothes)
- भिन्नभाण्डेषु (bhinnabhāṇḍeṣu) - implying that they must use only discarded and broken utensils for eating (in broken vessels, in damaged pots)
- भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food, meal, eating
- कार्ष्णायसमलङ्कारः (kārṣṇāyasamalaṅkāraḥ) - their only permissible form of adornment (an ornament of black iron)
- परिव्रज्या (parivrajyā) - the practice of wandering for sustenance, as required for outcasts (wandering, mendicancy, asceticism, the life of a wandering ascetic (sannyāsī))
- च (ca) - and, also, moreover
- नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - constantly, perpetually, always, regularly
Words meanings and morphology
वासांसि (vāsāṁsi) - clothes, garments, apparel
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of vāsas
vāsas - clothing, garment, attire
Root: vas (class 2)
मृतचैलानि (mṛtacailāni) - clothing taken from corpses (garments of the dead, old clothes)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of mṛtacaila
mṛtacaila - garment of the dead, old clothes, rags
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛta+caila)
- mṛta – dead, deceased
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From root mṛ (to die)
Root: mṛ (class 6) - caila – garment, cloth, attire
noun (neuter)
भिन्नभाण्डेषु (bhinnabhāṇḍeṣu) - implying that they must use only discarded and broken utensils for eating (in broken vessels, in damaged pots)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, plural of bhinnabhāṇḍa
bhinnabhāṇḍa - broken vessel, damaged pot
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhinna+bhāṇḍa)
- bhinna – broken, split, divided
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From root bhid (to break, cleave)
Root: bhid (class 7) - bhāṇḍa – vessel, pot, utensil, ware
noun (neuter)
भोजनम् (bhojanam) - food, meal, eating
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of bhojana
bhojana - food, meal, eating
From root bhuj (to eat)
Root: bhuj (class 7)
कार्ष्णायसमलङ्कारः (kārṣṇāyasamalaṅkāraḥ) - their only permissible form of adornment (an ornament of black iron)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kārṣṇāyasamalaṅkāra
kārṣṇāyasamalaṅkāra - ornament of black iron
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kārṣṇāyasa+alaṅkāra)
- kārṣṇāyasa – made of black iron, iron
adjective - alaṅkāra – ornament, decoration, embellishment
noun (masculine)
Prefix: alam
Root: kṛ (class 8)
परिव्रज्या (parivrajyā) - the practice of wandering for sustenance, as required for outcasts (wandering, mendicancy, asceticism, the life of a wandering ascetic (sannyāsī))
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of parivrajyā
parivrajyā - wandering, mendicancy, asceticism, renunciation (parivrajyā)
From verb pari-vraj (to wander about)
Prefix: pari
Root: vraj (class 1)
च (ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - constantly, perpetually, always, regularly
(indeclinable)
Derived from nitya (constant) with the suffix -śaḥ