मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-3, verse-175
तौ तु जातौ परक्षेत्रे प्राणिनौ प्रेत्य चैह च ।
दत्तानि हव्यकव्यानि नाशयन्ति प्रदायिनाम ॥१७५॥
दत्तानि हव्यकव्यानि नाशयन्ति प्रदायिनाम ॥१७५॥
175. tau tu jātau parakṣetre prāṇinau pretya caiha ca ,
dattāni havyakavyāni nāśayanti pradāyinām.
dattāni havyakavyāni nāśayanti pradāyinām.
175.
tau tu jātāu paradāreṣu prāṇinau pretya ca iha
ca | dattāni havyakavyāni nāśayanti pradāyinām
ca | dattāni havyakavyāni nāśayanti pradāyinām
175.
tau tu paradāreṣu jātāu prāṇinau ca iha ca
pretya dattāni havyakavyāni pradāyinām nāśayanti
pretya dattāni havyakavyāni pradāyinām nāśayanti
175.
Those two, born on another's field (i.e., from another's seed), both in this life and after death, destroy the offerings of food and libations for those who give them.
Words meanings summery:
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- तौ (tau) - those two
- तु (tu) - but (but, and)
- जाताउ (jātāu) - born
- परदारेषु (paradāreṣu) - from another's field (i.e., seed) (in/on other's wives)
- प्राणिनौ (prāṇinau) - living beings
- प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death (having died)
- च (ca) - and
- इह (iha) - in this life (here)
- च (ca) - and
- दत्तानि (dattāni) - offerings that were given (given)
- हव्यकव्यानि (havyakavyāni) - offerings of food and libations (oblations and funeral cakes)
- नाशयन्ति (nāśayanti) - they destroy
- प्रदायिनाम् (pradāyinām) - of those who give them (the offerings) (of the givers)
Words meanings and morphology
तौ (tau) - those two
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
तु (tu) - but (but, and)
(indeclinable)
जाताउ (jātāu) - born
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, dual of jāta
jāta - born, produced, happened
Past Passive Participle
from root jan 'to be born'
Root: jan (class 4)
परदारेषु (paradāreṣu) - from another's field (i.e., seed) (in/on other's wives)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, plural of paradāra
paradāra - another's wife
compound of para 'other' and dāra 'wife'
Compound type : tatpurusha (para+dāra)
- para – other, another
adjective (masculine) - dāra – wife
noun (feminine)
Note: Here 'paradāreṣu' is used metaphorically for 'another's field' referring to the sperm or seed.
प्राणिनौ (prāṇinau) - living beings
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of prāṇin
prāṇin - living being, soul
from prāṇa 'life breath'
प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death (having died)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive
from root prā 'to go' + suffix tyal
Root: prā (class 1)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
इह (iha) - in this life (here)
(indeclinable)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
दत्तानि (dattāni) - offerings that were given (given)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, plural of datta
datta - given, donated
Past Passive Participle
from root dā 'to give'
Root: dā (class 3)
हव्यकव्यानि (havyakavyāni) - offerings of food and libations (oblations and funeral cakes)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of havyakavya
havyakavya - oblations for gods (havya) and ancestors (kavya)
compound of havya and kavya
Compound type : dvandva (havya+kavya)
- havya – offering to gods, oblations
noun (neuter)
from root hu 'to offer sacrifice'
Root: hu (class 2) - kavya – offering to ancestors (pitṛs), funeral cake, poetic
noun (neuter)
नाशयन्ति (nāśayanti) - they destroy
(verb)
3rd person , active, present (laṭ) of nāśay
Causative
causative of root naś 'to perish, be lost'
Root: naś (class 1)
प्रदायिनाम् (pradāyinām) - of those who give them (the offerings) (of the givers)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of pradāyin
pradāyin - giver, donor
Active Participle
from root dā 'to give' + pra 'forth, away'
Prefix: pra
Root: dā (class 3)