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मनु-स्मृतिः       manu-smṛtiḥ - chapter-10, verse-92

सद्यः पतति मांसेन लाक्षया लवणेन च ।
त्र्यहेण शूद्रो भवति ब्राह्मणः क्षीरविक्रयात ॥९२॥
92. sadyaḥ patati māṁsena lākṣayā lavaṇena ca ,
tryaheṇa śūdro bhavati brāhmaṇaḥ kṣīravikrayāt.
92. sadyaḥ patati māṃsena lākṣayā lavaṇena ca
tryaheṇa śūdraḥ bhavati brāhmaṇaḥ kṣīravikrayāt
92. (janaḥ) māṃsena lākṣayā lavaṇena ca sadyaḥ patati.
brāhmaṇaḥ kṣīravikrayāt tryaheṇa śūdraḥ bhavati.
92. A person immediately falls into degradation by dealing in meat, lac, and salt. A Brahmin, from selling milk, becomes a śūdra within three days.

Words meanings summery:

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  • सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately (immediately, instantly, at once)
  • पतति (patati) - falls into degradation (falls, descends, degrades)
  • मांसेन (māṁsena) - by dealing in meat (by meat, with meat)
  • लाक्षया (lākṣayā) - by dealing in lac (by lac, with lac)
  • लवणेन (lavaṇena) - by dealing in salt (by salt, with salt)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • त्र्यहेण (tryaheṇa) - within three days (within three days, in three days)
  • शूद्रः (śūdraḥ) - a śūdra (a Śūdra, a member of the fourth social class)
  • भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, is)
  • ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brahmin (a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class)
  • क्षीरविक्रयात् (kṣīravikrayāt) - from selling milk (from the sale of milk)

Words meanings and morphology

सद्यः (sadyaḥ) - immediately (immediately, instantly, at once)
(indeclinable)
Adverb.
पतति (patati) - falls into degradation (falls, descends, degrades)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pat
Present, third person, singular
Root `pat` (class 1), present indicative.
Root: pat (class 1)
Note: Implies moral or social degradation here.
मांसेन (māṁsena) - by dealing in meat (by meat, with meat)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of māṃsa
māṁsa - flesh, meat
लाक्षया (lākṣayā) - by dealing in lac (by lac, with lac)
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of lākṣā
lākṣā - lac, red dye
लवणेन (lavaṇena) - by dealing in salt (by salt, with salt)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of lavaṇa
lavaṇa - salt
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
Conjunction.
त्र्यहेण (tryaheṇa) - within three days (within three days, in three days)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of tryahan
tryahan - three days
Compound of `tri` (three) and `ahan` (day).
Compound type : dvigu (tri+ahan)
  • tri – three
    numeral
  • ahan – day
    noun (neuter)
    `n`-stem noun.
शूद्रः (śūdraḥ) - a śūdra (a Śūdra, a member of the fourth social class)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śūdra
śūdra - a member of the fourth social class, a labourer
Note: Predicate nominative to `bhavati`.
भवति (bhavati) - becomes (becomes, is)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of bhū
Present, third person, singular
Root `bhū` (class 1), present indicative.
Root: bhū (class 1)
ब्राह्मणः (brāhmaṇaḥ) - a Brahmin (a Brahmin, a member of the priestly class)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, related to Brahma or the Vedas
From `brahman`.
क्षीरविक्रयात् (kṣīravikrayāt) - from selling milk (from the sale of milk)
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣīravikraya
kṣīravikraya - sale of milk
Compound of `kṣīra` (milk) and `vikraya` (sale).
Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī tatpurusha (kṣīra+vikraya)
  • kṣīra – milk
    noun (neuter)
  • vikraya – sale, selling
    noun (masculine)
    From root `krī` with `vi`.
    Prefix: vi
    Root: krī (class 9)