मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-3, verse-173
भ्रातुर्मृतस्य भार्यायां योऽनुरज्येत कामतः ।
धर्मेणापि नियुक्तायां स ज्ञेयो दिधिषूपतिः ॥१७३॥
धर्मेणापि नियुक्तायां स ज्ञेयो दिधिषूपतिः ॥१७३॥
173. bhrāturmṛtasya bhāryāyāṁ yo'nurajyeta kāmataḥ ,
dharmeṇāpi niyuktāyāṁ sa jñeyo didhiṣūpatiḥ.
dharmeṇāpi niyuktāyāṁ sa jñeyo didhiṣūpatiḥ.
173.
bhrātuḥ mṛtasya bhāryāyām yaḥ anurajyeta kāmataḥ
| dharmena api niyuktāyām saḥ jñeyaḥ didhiṣūpatiḥ
| dharmena api niyuktāyām saḥ jñeyaḥ didhiṣūpatiḥ
173.
yaḥ bhrātuḥ mṛtasya bhāryāyām kāmataḥ anurajyeta
dharmena api niyuktāyām saḥ didhiṣūpatiḥ jñeyaḥ
dharmena api niyuktāyām saḥ didhiṣūpatiḥ jñeyaḥ
173.
He who is aroused by lust towards the wife of his deceased brother, even when appointed by the law (dharma), should be known as a 'didhishupati' (a man who desires to marry his brother's childless widow).
Words meanings summery:
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- भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the deceased brother (of the brother)
- मृतस्य (mṛtasya) - of the deceased (of the dead)
- भार्यायाम् (bhāryāyām) - in the wife
- यः (yaḥ) - who
- अनुरज्येत (anurajyeta) - is aroused by lust, is attracted (is pleased, is attached)
- कामताः (kāmatāḥ) - by lust (by desire, by lust)
- धर्मेन (dharmena) - by the law (dharma) (by dharma)
- अपि (api) - even (even, also)
- नियुक्तायाम् (niyuktāyām) - appointed (appointed, employed)
- सः (saḥ) - he
- ज्ञेयः (jñeyaḥ) - should be known (to be known)
- दिधिषूपतिः (didhiṣūpatiḥ) - a man who desires to marry his brother's childless widow (husband of a woman who wishes to marry again)
Words meanings and morphology
भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the deceased brother (of the brother)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ
bhrātṛ - brother
मृतस्य (mṛtasya) - of the deceased (of the dead)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of mṛta
mṛta - dead, deceased
Past Passive Participle
from root mṛ 'to die'
Root: mṛ (class 1)
भार्यायाम् (bhāryāyām) - in the wife
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of bhāryā
bhāryā - wife, woman
from bhṛ 'to bear, support'
Root: bhṛ (class 1)
यः (yaḥ) - who
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which, that
अनुरज्येत (anurajyeta) - is aroused by lust, is attracted (is pleased, is attached)
(verb)
3rd person , active, optative (liṅ) of anuraj
root raj 'to be colored' + anu 'after, along'
Prefix: anu
Root: raj (class 4)
कामताः (kāmatāḥ) - by lust (by desire, by lust)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of kāma
kāma - desire, lust, love, wish
धर्मेन (dharmena) - by the law (dharma) (by dharma)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma
dharma - duty, law, virtue, religion, nature, characteristic
from root dhṛ 'to hold, support'
Root: dhṛ (class 10)
अपि (api) - even (even, also)
(indeclinable)
नियुक्तायाम् (niyuktāyām) - appointed (appointed, employed)
(adjective)
Locative, feminine, singular of niyukta
niyukta - appointed, employed, ordered, connected
Past Passive Participle
from root yuj 'to yoke, join' + ni 'down, into'
Prefix: ni
Root: yuj (class 4)
सः (saḥ) - he
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
ज्ञेयः (jñeyaḥ) - should be known (to be known)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jñeya
jñeya - to be known, knowable
Gerundive
from root jñā 'to know'
Root: jñā (class 2)
दिधिषूपतिः (didhiṣūpatiḥ) - a man who desires to marry his brother's childless widow (husband of a woman who wishes to marry again)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of didhiṣūpati
didhiṣūpati - husband of a woman who desires to marry again
compound of didhiṣū (desiderative of dhā 'to put, place') and pati 'husband'
Compound type : tatpurusha (didhiṣū+pati)
- didhiṣū – a woman who wishes to marry again (especially her deceased husband's brother)
noun (feminine)
Desiderative
desiderative of root dhā 'to put, place'
Root: dhā (class 3) - pati – husband, lord, master
noun (masculine)