मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-2, verse-172
नाभिव्याहारयेद ब्रह्म स्वधानिनयनाद ऋते ।
शूद्रेण हि समस्तावद यावद वेदे न जायते ॥१७२॥
शूद्रेण हि समस्तावद यावद वेदे न जायते ॥१७२॥
172. nābhivyāhārayed brahma svadhāninayanād ṛte ,
śūdreṇa hi samastāvad yāvad vede na jāyate.
śūdreṇa hi samastāvad yāvad vede na jāyate.
172.
na abhivyāhārayet brahma svadhā-ninayanāt ṛte
śūdreṇa hi samaḥ tāvat yāvat vede na jāyate
śūdreṇa hi samaḥ tāvat yāvat vede na jāyate
172.
svadhā-ninayanāt ṛte brahma na abhivyāhārayet.
hi,
yāvat vede na jāyate tāvat śūdreṇa samaḥ
hi,
yāvat vede na jāyate tāvat śūdreṇa samaḥ
172.
One should not recite the Veda (brahma), except during the pouring of offerings to ancestors (svadhā-ninayana). For indeed, until one is spiritually born into the Veda, one remains equivalent to a śūdra.
Words meanings summery:
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- न (na) - not, no
- अभिव्याहारयेत् (abhivyāhārayet) - one should not recite (the Veda) (one should utter, should recite, should speak out)
- ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Vedic texts or sacred knowledge (Veda, sacred knowledge)
- स्वधा-निनयनात् (svadhā-ninayanāt) - ablative case indicating exclusion, 'except during' (from the pouring of ancestral offerings)
- ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for, besides
- शूद्रेण (śūdreṇa) - equivalent to a śūdra (by a śūdra, with a śūdra)
- हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely
- समः (samaḥ) - equal to a śūdra (equal, similar, like)
- तावत् (tāvat) - until that time, so long as (so long, so much, until then)
- यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until
- वेदे (vede) - in the context of Vedic knowledge and practice (in the Veda, in sacred knowledge)
- न (na) - not, no
- जायते (jāyate) - is spiritually born (through initiation) (is born, is produced, originates)
Words meanings and morphology
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
अभिव्याहारयेत् (abhivyāhārayet) - one should not recite (the Veda) (one should utter, should recite, should speak out)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of abhivyāhṛ
Causative Optative
Causative of vi-ā-hṛ (vyāhṛ), optative 3rd singular active
Prefixes: abhi+vi+ā
Root: hṛ (class 1)
ब्रह्म (brahma) - the Vedic texts or sacred knowledge (Veda, sacred knowledge)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of brahman
brahman - Veda, sacred knowledge, the Absolute (Brahman)
Note: Can also be nominative singular neuter.
स्वधा-निनयनात् (svadhā-ninayanāt) - ablative case indicating exclusion, 'except during' (from the pouring of ancestral offerings)
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of svadhā-ninayana
svadhā-ninayana - pouring of offerings to ancestors, ancestral libation
Compound type : tatpurusha (svadhā+ninayana)
- svadhā – oblation, offering to ancestors, spontaneous will
noun (feminine) - ninayana – leading down, pouring down, offering (water)
noun (neuter)
Derived from ni-nī + ana (kṛt suffix)
Prefix: ni
Root: nī (class 1)
ऋते (ṛte) - without, except for, besides
(indeclinable)
Note: Always used with ablative.
शूद्रेण (śūdreṇa) - equivalent to a śūdra (by a śūdra, with a śūdra)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of śūdra
śūdra - a member of the fourth (laborer) social class
हि (hi) - indeed, for, surely
(indeclinable)
समः (samaḥ) - equal to a śūdra (equal, similar, like)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sama
sama - equal, same, similar, like
तावत् (tāvat) - until that time, so long as (so long, so much, until then)
(indeclinable)
यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, until
(indeclinable)
वेदे (vede) - in the context of Vedic knowledge and practice (in the Veda, in sacred knowledge)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of veda
veda - Veda, sacred knowledge, knowledge
Root: vid (class 2)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
जायते (jāyate) - is spiritually born (through initiation) (is born, is produced, originates)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of jan
Root: jan (class 4)