मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-11, verse-124
जातिभ्रंशकरं कर्म कृत्वाऽन्यतममिच्छया ।
चरेत सांतपनं कृच्छ्रं प्राजापत्यमनिच्छया ॥१२४॥
चरेत सांतपनं कृच्छ्रं प्राजापत्यमनिच्छया ॥१२४॥
124. jātibhraṁśakaraṁ karma kṛtvā'nyatamamicchayā ,
caret sāṁtapanaṁ kṛcchraṁ prājāpatyamanicchayā.
caret sāṁtapanaṁ kṛcchraṁ prājāpatyamanicchayā.
124.
jātibhraṃśakaram karma kṛtvā anyatamam icchayā
caret sāntapanam kṛcchram prājāpatyam anicchayā
caret sāntapanam kṛcchram prājāpatyam anicchayā
124.
jātibhraṃśakaram karma icchayā anyatamam kṛtvā,
sāntapanam kṛcchram caret; anicchayā prājāpatyam (caret)
sāntapanam kṛcchram caret; anicchayā prājāpatyam (caret)
124.
Having willingly performed any one deed (karma) that causes a loss of caste, one should undertake the Sāntapana (kṛcchra) penance; if performed unwillingly, the Prājāpatya penance.
Words meanings summery:
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- जातिभ्रंशकरम् (jātibhraṁśakaram) - an act that leads to a degradation of one's social status (causing loss of caste, degrading one's lineage)
- कर्म (karma) - any action, specifically one of the specified wrongful actions (action, deed, consequence of action (karma))
- कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - after performing (having done, having performed)
- अन्यतमम् (anyatamam) - any one (of the caste-degrading deeds) (any one, one of many)
- इच्छया (icchayā) - voluntarily, deliberately (by will, willingly, by desire)
- चरेत् (caret) - he should undertake (the penance) (he should perform, he should observe, he should move)
- सान्तपनम् (sāntapanam) - the Sāntapana variety of kṛcchra penance (Sāntapana (a specific penance))
- कृच्छ्रम् (kṛcchram) - a severe type of penance (penance, difficult, painful, distress)
- प्राजापत्यम् (prājāpatyam) - the Prājāpatya variety of penance (Prājāpatya (a specific penance), relating to Prajāpati)
- अनिच्छया (anicchayā) - involuntarily, accidentally (by unwillingness, unwillingly, without desire)
Words meanings and morphology
जातिभ्रंशकरम् (jātibhraṁśakaram) - an act that leads to a degradation of one's social status (causing loss of caste, degrading one's lineage)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of jātibhraṃśakara
jātibhraṁśakara - causing loss of caste, degrading
Compound of jāti (birth/caste), bhraṃśa (fall/loss), and kara (causing/making).
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jāti+bhraṃśa+kara)
- jāti – birth, lineage, caste, species
noun (feminine)
Root: jan (class 4) - bhraṃśa – fall, loss, ruin
noun (masculine)
From root bhraṃś (to fall)
Root: bhraṃś (class 1) - kara – making, causing, doing
adjective
From root kṛ (to do, make)
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: Qualifies `karma`.
कर्म (karma) - any action, specifically one of the specified wrongful actions (action, deed, consequence of action (karma))
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of karma
karma - action, deed, ritual, consequence of action (karma)
From root kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -man
Root: kṛ (class 8)
कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - after performing (having done, having performed)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
From root kṛ (to do, make) with suffix -tvā
Root: kṛ (class 8)
अन्यतमम् (anyatamam) - any one (of the caste-degrading deeds) (any one, one of many)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of anyatama
anyatama - any one, one of many, one of a number
From anya (other) with superlative suffix -tama
Note: Qualifies `karma`.
इच्छया (icchayā) - voluntarily, deliberately (by will, willingly, by desire)
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of icchā
icchā - wish, desire, will
From root iṣ (to wish, desire)
Root: iṣ (class 6)
चरेत् (caret) - he should undertake (the penance) (he should perform, he should observe, he should move)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of car
optative active
From root car (to move, perform)
Root: car (class 1)
सान्तपनम् (sāntapanam) - the Sāntapana variety of kṛcchra penance (Sāntapana (a specific penance))
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of sāntapana
sāntapana - heating, tormenting; a specific penance
From root tap (to heat, torment) with sam (together) + ni (down)
Prefixes: sam+ni
Root: tap (class 1)
कृच्छ्रम् (kṛcchram) - a severe type of penance (penance, difficult, painful, distress)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of kṛcchra
kṛcchra - difficult, painful, severe; a specific penance
प्राजापत्यम् (prājāpatyam) - the Prājāpatya variety of penance (Prājāpatya (a specific penance), relating to Prajāpati)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of prājāpatya
prājāpatya - relating to Prajāpati; a specific penance (a type of kṛcchra)
Derived from Prajāpati (lord of creatures)
अनिच्छया (anicchayā) - involuntarily, accidentally (by unwillingness, unwillingly, without desire)
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of anicchā
anicchā - unwillingness, absence of desire
Negative compound (na-icchā)
Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+icchā)
- a – not, non-
indeclinable - icchā – wish, desire, will
noun (feminine)
From root iṣ (to wish, desire)
Root: iṣ (class 6)