मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-3, verse-127
प्रथिता प्रेतकृत्यैषा पित्र्यं नाम विधुक्षये ।
तस्मिन युक्तस्यैति नित्यं प्रेतकृत्यैव लौकिकी ॥१२७॥
तस्मिन युक्तस्यैति नित्यं प्रेतकृत्यैव लौकिकी ॥१२७॥
127. prathitā pretakṛtyaiṣā pitryaṁ nāma vidhukṣaye ,
tasmin yuktasyaiti nityaṁ pretakṛtyaiva laukikī.
tasmin yuktasyaiti nityaṁ pretakṛtyaiva laukikī.
127.
prathitā pretakṛtyā eṣā pitṛyam nāma vidhukṣaye
tasmin yuktasya eti nityam pretakṛtyā eva laukikī
tasmin yuktasya eti nityam pretakṛtyā eva laukikī
127.
This famous rite for the deceased (pretakṛtyā) is known as 'ancestral' (pitṛya) and is performed on the new moon day. For a person engaged in such a rite, the ordinary (laukikī) rite for the deceased itself always becomes effective.
Words meanings summery:
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- प्रथिता (prathitā) - famous, well-known, celebrated
- प्रेतकृत्या (pretakṛtyā) - rite for the deceased
- एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)
- पितृयम् (pitṛyam) - the ancestral (pitṛya) rite (ancestral, relating to ancestors)
- नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed, verily
- विधुक्षये (vidhukṣaye) - on the new moon day (amāvasyā) (at the wane of the moon, at the new moon)
- तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (pitṛya rite or new moon occasion) (in that, in it)
- युक्तस्य (yuktasya) - of a person who is engaged in the ancestral rite (of one engaged, dedicated)
- एति (eti) - becomes established or recognized as such (comes, goes, attains, becomes effective)
- नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually
- प्रेतकृत्या (pretakṛtyā) - rite for the deceased
- एव (eva) - just, only, indeed
- लौकिकी (laukikī) - the everyday or non-specialized rite for the deceased (worldly, secular, ordinary)
Words meanings and morphology
प्रथिता (prathitā) - famous, well-known, celebrated
(verbal derivative)
प्रेतकृत्या (pretakṛtyā) - rite for the deceased
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of pretakṛtyā
pretakṛtyā - funeral rite, rite for the deceased
Compound type : tatpurusha (preta+kṛtyā)
- preta – departed, deceased (a ghost or spirit)
verbal derivative (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from pra (prefix) + i (to go) + kta
Prefix: pra
Root: i (class 2) - kṛtyā – action, rite, duty
noun (feminine)
from kṛ (to do) + tyāc
Root: kṛ (class 8)
एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of etad
etad - this, these
पितृयम् (pitṛyam) - the ancestral (pitṛya) rite (ancestral, relating to ancestors)
(adjective)
neuter, singular of pitṛya
pitṛya - ancestral, relating to ancestors, a rite for ancestors
from pitṛ (father/ancestor) + ya (taddhita suffix)
Note: Used here as a substantive, referring to the ancestral rite.
नाम (nāma) - by name, indeed, verily
(indeclinable)
विधुक्षये (vidhukṣaye) - on the new moon day (amāvasyā) (at the wane of the moon, at the new moon)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of vidhukṣaya
vidhukṣaya - waning of the moon, new moon
from vidhu (moon) + kṣaya (decay/waning)
Compound type : tatpurusha (vidhu+kṣaya)
- vidhu – moon
noun (masculine) - kṣaya – decay, destruction, waning
noun (masculine)
from kṣi (to destroy/wane) + ac
Root: kṣi (class 1)
तस्मिन् (tasmin) - in that (pitṛya rite or new moon occasion) (in that, in it)
(pronoun)
Locative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, it
युक्तस्य (yuktasya) - of a person who is engaged in the ancestral rite (of one engaged, dedicated)
(verbal derivative)
एति (eti) - becomes established or recognized as such (comes, goes, attains, becomes effective)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of i
Present Active
from i (class 2), Present 3rd person singular
Root: i (class 2)
नित्यम् (nityam) - always, perpetually
(indeclinable)
Note: Used adverbially
प्रेतकृत्या (pretakṛtyā) - rite for the deceased
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of pretakṛtyā
pretakṛtyā - funeral rite, rite for the deceased
Compound type : tatpurusha (preta+kṛtyā)
- preta – departed, deceased (a ghost or spirit)
verbal derivative (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from pra (prefix) + i (to go) + kta
Prefix: pra
Root: i (class 2) - kṛtyā – action, rite, duty
noun (feminine)
from kṛ (to do) + tyāc
Root: kṛ (class 8)
एव (eva) - just, only, indeed
(indeclinable)
लौकिकी (laukikī) - the everyday or non-specialized rite for the deceased (worldly, secular, ordinary)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of laukika
laukika - worldly, secular, popular, ordinary
from loka (world) + ṭhañ (taddhita suffix)