मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-3, verse-181
यत तु वाणिजके दत्तं नैह नामुत्र तद भवेत ।
भस्मनीव हुतं द्रव्यं तथा पौनर्भवे द्विजे ॥१८१॥
भस्मनीव हुतं द्रव्यं तथा पौनर्भवे द्विजे ॥१८१॥
181. yat tu vāṇijake dattaṁ naiha nāmutra tad bhavet ,
bhasmanīva hutaṁ dravyaṁ tathā paunarbhave dvije.
bhasmanīva hutaṁ dravyaṁ tathā paunarbhave dvije.
181.
yata tu vāṇijake dattaṃ naiha nāmutra tad bhavet
bhasmanīva hutaṃ dravyaṃ tathā paunarbhave dvije
bhasmanīva hutaṃ dravyaṃ tathā paunarbhave dvije
181.
tu yata vāṇijake dattaṃ tad iha na naḥ amutra bhavet
tathā bhasmanīva hutaṃ dravyaṃ paunarbhave dvije
tathā bhasmanīva hutaṃ dravyaṃ paunarbhave dvije
181.
Whatever is given to a merchant does not yield benefit here or hereafter; similarly, wealth offered to a twice-born man whose wife has remarried is like offering to ashes.
Words meanings summery:
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- यत (yata) - whatever (whatever, as much as)
- तु (tu) - but (but, and, moreover, however)
- वाणिजके (vāṇijake) - to a merchant (in a merchant, to a merchant)
- दत्तं (dattaṁ) - given (given, donated)
- इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)
- न (na) - not
- आमुत्र (āmutra) - hereafter (in the next world, hereafter)
- तद् (tad) - it (that, it)
- भवेत् (bhavet) - does not yield benefit (may be, might be, should be, becomes)
- भस्मनीव (bhasmanīva) - like ashes
- हुतम् (hutam) - offering (offered, sacrificed)
- द्रव्यं (dravyaṁ) - wealth (thing, substance, wealth, property)
- तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, in that way, also)
- पौनर्भवे (paunarbhave) - to a remarried man (in a remarried woman's husband, to a man who has remarried)
- द्विजे (dvije) - to a twice-born
Words meanings and morphology
यत (yata) - whatever (whatever, as much as)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - what, which, that, who, as, since, because, although, if, when
Note: relative pronoun
तु (tu) - but (but, and, moreover, however)
(indeclinable)
वाणिजके (vāṇijake) - to a merchant (in a merchant, to a merchant)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of vāṇijaka
vāṇijaka - merchant, trader
Primary derivative
Derived from 'vaṇij' (merchant) with the suffix '-aka'
दत्तं (dattaṁ) - given (given, donated)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dattva
dattva - given, bestowed, granted
Past Passive Participle
Root 'dā' (to give) + suffix 'kta'
Root: dā (class 3)
इह (iha) - here (here, in this world)
(indeclinable)
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
आमुत्र (āmutra) - hereafter (in the next world, hereafter)
(indeclinable)
तद् (tad) - it (that, it)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it
भवेत् (bhavet) - does not yield benefit (may be, might be, should be, becomes)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, potential (liṅ) of bhū
Root verb
Root: bhū (भू)
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: This form is used with 'na' to express 'does not become' or 'does not yield benefit'
भस्मनीव (bhasmanīva) - like ashes
(indeclinable)
Note: Compound word (bhasman + iva)
हुतम् (hutam) - offering (offered, sacrificed)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of huta
huta - offered, sacrificed, invoked
Past Passive Participle
Root 'hu' (to offer, sacrifice) + suffix 'kta'
Root: hu (class 2)
द्रव्यं (dravyaṁ) - wealth (thing, substance, wealth, property)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dravya
dravya - thing, substance, wealth, material, property
From root 'dru' (to flow, to run) implying something that can be used or expended.
Root: dru (class 2)
तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, in that way, also)
(indeclinable)
पौनर्भवे (paunarbhave) - to a remarried man (in a remarried woman's husband, to a man who has remarried)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of paunarbhava
paunarbhava - a man whose wife has remarried, a second husband
Compound: 'punar' (again) + 'bhārya' (wife) -> 'punarbhū' (a remarried woman) + '-ka' suffix -> 'paunarbhava'
Note: The term implies a man whose wife has remarried, indicating a potentially less desirable situation.
द्विजे (dvije) - to a twice-born
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of dvija
dvija - twice-born, Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya (by birth), bird, tooth, snake
Compound: 'dvi' (twice) + 'jan' (to be born). Literally 'twice born'.
Root: jan (class 4)