मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-11, verse-206
अवगूर्य त्वब्दशतं सहस्रमभिहत्य च ।
जिघांसया ब्राह्मणस्य नरकं प्रतिपद्यते ॥२०६॥
जिघांसया ब्राह्मणस्य नरकं प्रतिपद्यते ॥२०६॥
206. avagūrya tvabdaśataṁ sahasramabhihatya ca ,
jighāṁsayā brāhmaṇasya narakaṁ pratipadyate.
jighāṁsayā brāhmaṇasya narakaṁ pratipadyate.
206.
avagūrya tu abda-śatam sahasram abhihatya ca
jighāṃsayā brāhmaṇasya narakam pratipadyate
jighāṃsayā brāhmaṇasya narakam pratipadyate
206.
brāhmaṇasya jighāṃsayā avagūrya tu abda-śatam
ca sahasram abhihatya narakam pratipadyate
ca sahasram abhihatya narakam pratipadyate
206.
One who merely threatens a Brahmin (without striking), or strikes a Brahmin a hundred or a thousand times with the intention to kill, indeed attains hell (naraka).
Words meanings summery:
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- अवगूर्य (avagūrya) - having threatened, having menaced
- तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
- अब्द-शतम् (abda-śatam) - a hundred years
- सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand
- अभिहत्य (abhihatya) - having struck, having assaulted
- च (ca) - and, also
- जिघांसया (jighāṁsayā) - with the intention to kill, through desire to kill
- ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a Brahmin, pertaining to a Brahmin
- नरकम् (narakam) - hell, infernal region
- प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - one attains, one reaches, one enters, one incurs
Words meanings and morphology
अवगूर्य (avagūrya) - having threatened, having menaced
(indeclinable)
absolutive (lyap)
Absolutive (lYAP) of √gur (to utter a sound, menace) with prefix ava
Prefix: ava
Root: gur (class 1)
तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
(indeclinable)
अब्द-शतम् (abda-śatam) - a hundred years
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of abda-śata
abda-śata - a hundred years
Compound type : dvigu (abda+śata)
- abda – year, cloud
noun (masculine) - śata – hundred
noun (neuter)
Note: Accusative of duration of time or count of actions.
सहस्रम् (sahasram) - a thousand
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of sahasra
sahasra - a thousand
Note: Accusative, often implying a duration or number of times.
अभिहत्य (abhihatya) - having struck, having assaulted
(indeclinable)
absolutive (lyap)
Absolutive (lYAP) of √han (to strike, kill) with prefix abhi
Prefix: abhi
Root: han (class 2)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
जिघांसया (jighāṁsayā) - with the intention to kill, through desire to kill
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of jighāṃsā
jighāṁsā - desire to kill, intention to kill
desiderative noun
Derived from the desiderative stem of √han (to kill).
Root: han (class 2)
Note: Instrumental of cause/motive.
ब्राह्मणस्य (brāhmaṇasya) - of a Brahmin, pertaining to a Brahmin
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of brāhmaṇa
brāhmaṇa - a Brahmin, one belonging to the priestly class
नरकम् (narakam) - hell, infernal region
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of naraka
naraka - hell, infernal region, place of torment
Note: Object of pratipadyate.
प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - one attains, one reaches, one enters, one incurs
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pratipad
Present Middle 3rd singular
Present tense, middle voice, 3rd person singular of prati-√pad (to go towards, attain)
Prefix: prati
Root: pad (class 4)
Note: Implied subject is 'the person who performs these actions'.