मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-2, verse-182
उदकुम्भं सुमनसो गोशकृत्मृत्तिकाकुशान ।
आहरेद यावदर्थानि भैक्षं चाहरहश्चरेत ॥१८२॥
आहरेद यावदर्थानि भैक्षं चाहरहश्चरेत ॥१८२॥
182. udakumbhaṁ sumanaso gośakṛtmṛttikākuśān ,
āhared yāvadarthāni bhaikṣaṁ cāharahaścaret.
āhared yāvadarthāni bhaikṣaṁ cāharahaścaret.
182.
udakumbham sumanasaḥ gośakṛtmṛttikākuśān
āharet yāvadarthāni bhaikṣam ca aharahaḥ caret
āharet yāvadarthāni bhaikṣam ca aharahaḥ caret
182.
udakumbham sumanasaḥ gośakṛtmṛttikākuśān
yāvadarthāni āharet ca aharahaḥ bhaikṣam caret
yāvadarthāni āharet ca aharahaḥ bhaikṣam caret
182.
One should collect water-pots, flowers, and cow-dung, earth, and Kuśa grass [collectively], in quantities as needed. And one should go for alms daily.
Words meanings summery:
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- उदकुम्भम् (udakumbham) - water-pot
- सुमनसः (sumanasaḥ) - flowers, pleasant things
- गोशकृत्मृत्तिकाकुशान् (gośakṛtmṛttikākuśān) - cow-dung, earth, and Kuśa grass
- आहरेत् (āharet) - one should bring/collect
- यावदर्थानि (yāvadarthāni) - in necessary quantities (as much as needed, as many as necessary)
- भैक्षम् (bhaikṣam) - alms, food obtained by begging
- च (ca) - and
- अहरहः (aharahaḥ) - daily, day by day
- चरेत् (caret) - go about begging for alms (one should wander/go for)
Words meanings and morphology
उदकुम्भम् (udakumbham) - water-pot
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of udakumbha
udakumbha - water-pot, water-jar
Compound type : tatpurusha (uda+kumbha)
- uda – water
noun (neuter) - kumbha – pot, jar, pitcher
noun (masculine)
सुमनसः (sumanasaḥ) - flowers, pleasant things
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of sumanas
sumanas - good-minded, benevolent; flower, jasmine
गोशकृत्मृत्तिकाकुशान् (gośakṛtmṛttikākuśān) - cow-dung, earth, and Kuśa grass
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of gośakṛtmṛttikākuśa
gośakṛtmṛttikākuśa - cow-dung, earth, and Kuśa grass (as a collective list of items)
Compound type : dvandva (gośakṛt+mṛttikā+kuśa)
- gośakṛt – cow-dung
noun (neuter) - mṛttikā – earth, clay, soil
noun (feminine) - kuśa – kuśa grass (Poa cynosuroides), sacred grass
noun (masculine)
आहरेत् (āharet) - one should bring/collect
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of hṛ
optative
3rd person singular optative active, root hṛ with prefix ā-
Prefix: ā
Root: hṛ (class 1)
यावदर्थानि (yāvadarthāni) - in necessary quantities (as much as needed, as many as necessary)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, plural of yāvadartha
yāvadartha - as much as needed, sufficient, according to need
Compound type : bahuvrihi (yāvat+artha)
- yāvat – as much as, as many as, as long as
indeclinable - artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, need
noun (masculine)
भैक्षम् (bhaikṣam) - alms, food obtained by begging
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of bhaikṣa
bhaikṣa - alms, food obtained by begging
Derived from bhikṣā (begging).
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
अहरहः (aharahaḥ) - daily, day by day
(indeclinable)
Formed by reduplication of 'ahan' (day).
Note: Adverbial form.
चरेत् (caret) - go about begging for alms (one should wander/go for)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of car
optative
3rd person singular optative active, root car
Root: car (class 1)