मनु-स्मृतिः manu-smṛtiḥ - chapter-3, verse-242

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खञ्जो वा यदि वा काणो दातुः प्रेष्योऽपि वा भवेत ।
हीनातिरिक्तगात्रो वा तमप्यपनयेत पुनः ॥२४२॥

242. khañjo vā yadi vā kāṇo dātuḥ preṣyo'pi vā bhavet ,
hīnātiriktagātro vā tamapyapanayet punaḥ.

242. khañjaḥ vā yadi vā kāṇaḥ dātuḥ preṣyaḥ api vā
bhavet hīnātiriktagātro vā tam api apanayeta punaḥ

242. yadi vā khañjaḥ vā vā kāṇaḥ vā api dātuḥ preṣyaḥ
bhavet vā hīnātiriktagātraḥ tam api punaḥ apanayeta

242. Whether one is lame or one-eyed, or even a servant of the giver, or has defective or excessive limbs, he can again take it away.

Words meanings summery:

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खञ्जः (khañjaḥ) - lame (lame, limping)

वा (vā) - or (or, and)

यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

वा (vā) - or (or, and)

काणः (kāṇaḥ) - one-eyed (one-eyed, blind)

दातुः (dātuḥ) - of the giver (of the giver, donor's)

प्रेष्यः (preṣyaḥ) - servant (servant, slave, messenger)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, and)

वा (vā) - or (or, and)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be (may be, might be, becomes)

हीनातिरिक्तगात्रः (hīnātiriktagātraḥ) - having defective or excessive limbs (having deficient or excessive limbs)

वा (vā) - or (or, and)

तम् (tam) - it (referring to something given) (him, it, that)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, and)

अपनयेत (apanayeta) - can take away (may take away, might take away, leads away)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, back, moreover)

Words meanings and morphology

खञ्जः (khañjaḥ) - lame (lame, limping)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of khañja

khañja - lame, limping

वा (vā) - or (or, and)

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if (if, whether)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, and)

(indeclinable)

काणः (kāṇaḥ) - one-eyed (one-eyed, blind)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāṇa

kāṇa - one-eyed, blind

दातुः (dātuḥ) - of the giver (of the giver, donor's)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of dātṛ

dātṛ - giver, donor

Active Participle

Derived from root 'dā' (to give) with suffix 'tṛc'.

Root: dā (class 1)

प्रेष्यः (preṣyaḥ) - servant (servant, slave, messenger)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of preṣya

preṣya - servant, slave, messenger

Future Passive Participle

Derived from root 'pra-iṣ' (to send forth, to command) with suffix 'yaṭ'.

Prefix: pra

Root: iṣ (class 1)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, and)

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or (or, and)

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be (may be, might be, becomes)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, subjunctive (liṅ) of bhū

Present Subjunctive Active 3rd Person Singular

Root 'bhū' (to be) conjugated in the present subjunctive (vidhliṅ), 3rd person singular.

Root: bhū (class 1)

हीनातिरिक्तगात्रः (hīnātiriktagātraḥ) - having defective or excessive limbs (having deficient or excessive limbs)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hīnātiriktagātra

hīnātiriktagātra - having deficient or excessive limbs; deformed or malformed

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hīna+atirikta+gātra)

hīna – deficient, wanting, lacking, low
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle of 'hā'
Derived from root 'hā' (to leave, abandon) with suffix 'kta'.
Root: hā (class 2)
atirikta – excessive, abundant, superfluous
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle of 'ri'
Derived from root 'ri' (to flow) with prefix 'ati' and suffix 'kta'.
Prefix: ati
Root: ri (class 1)
gātra – limb, body, organ
noun (neuter)

Note: This describes a person with physical imperfections.

वा (vā) - or (or, and)

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - it (referring to something given) (him, it, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she, they

Note: Refers to 'it' in the context of taking something away.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, and)

(indeclinable)

अपनयेत (apanayeta) - can take away (may take away, might take away, leads away)

(verb)