मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-3, verse-249
श्राद्धं भुक्त्वा य उच्छिष्टं वृषलाय प्रयच्छति ।
स मूढो नरकं याति कालसूत्रमवाक्षिराः ॥२४९॥
स मूढो नरकं याति कालसूत्रमवाक्षिराः ॥२४९॥
249. śrāddhaṁ bhuktvā ya ucchiṣṭaṁ vṛṣalāya prayacchati ,
sa mūḍho narakaṁ yāti kālasūtramavākṣirāḥ.
sa mūḍho narakaṁ yāti kālasūtramavākṣirāḥ.
249.
śrāddhaṃ bhuktvā yaḥ ucchīṣṭaṃ vṛṣalāya prayacchati
sa mūḍhaḥ narakaṃ yāti kālasūtramavākśirāḥ
sa mūḍhaḥ narakaṃ yāti kālasūtramavākśirāḥ
249.
yaḥ śrāddhaṃ bhuktvā ucchīṣṭaṃ vṛṣalāya prayacchati
sa mūḍhaḥ avākśirāḥ kālasūtraṃ narakaṃ yāti
sa mūḍhaḥ avākśirāḥ kālasūtraṃ narakaṃ yāti
249.
He who, after eating a śrāddha (a ritual offering to ancestors), gives the leftover food to a vṛṣala (a man of low caste or impure person), that deluded person goes to hell, to the Kalasūtra hell, headfirst.
Words meanings summery:
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- श्राद्धं (śrāddhaṁ) - the ritual offering to ancestors (a funeral rite, obsequial ceremony, offering to deceased ancestors)
- भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - after eating (having eaten, having enjoyed)
- यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, that)
- उच्छिष्टं (ucchiṣṭaṁ) - the leftover food (leftover, remnants)
- वृषलाय (vṛṣalāya) - to a vṛṣala (man of low caste or impure person) (to a vṛṣala (man of low caste, impure person))
- प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - gives (gives, offers)
- स (sa) - that (he, that)
- मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - deluded (bewildered, deluded, foolish)
- नरकं (narakaṁ) - hell (hell, abyss)
- याति (yāti) - goes (goes, proceeds)
- कालसूत्रमवाक्शिराः (kālasūtramavākśirāḥ) - headfirst to the Kalasutra hell (headfirst into the Kalasutra hell)
Words meanings and morphology
श्राद्धं (śrāddhaṁ) - the ritual offering to ancestors (a funeral rite, obsequial ceremony, offering to deceased ancestors)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of śrāddha
śrāddha - belonging to śraddhā (faith, devotion), a rite performed with faith, an obsequial ceremony
Derived from śraddhā (faith)
भुक्त्वा (bhuktvā) - after eating (having eaten, having enjoyed)
(indeclinable)
absolutive participle
formed from root bhuj (to eat)
Root: bhuj (class 4)
Note: Absolutive participle indicating prior action.
यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which, that
उच्छिष्टं (ucchiṣṭaṁ) - the leftover food (leftover, remnants)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of ucchiṣṭa
ucchiṣṭa - remnant, leavings, residue
Past Passive Participle
Derived from the root śiṣ (to remain) with prefix ud (up) and prefix niṣ (down).
Prefixes: ud+niṣ
Root: śiṣ (class 7)
वृषलाय (vṛṣalāya) - to a vṛṣala (man of low caste or impure person) (to a vṛṣala (man of low caste, impure person))
(noun)
Dative, masculine, singular of vṛṣala
vṛṣala - a man of low caste, a Śūdra, an impure person, a wicked person
Possibly from vṛṣ (to be strong) in a negative sense, or related to vṛṣala meaning 'bull-like'.
प्रयच्छति (prayacchati) - gives (gives, offers)
(verb)
3rd person , active, present (laṭ) of pra √yam
Present tense, 3rd person singular
From the root √yam (to give, to hold) with prefix pra (forth, forward, away).
Prefix: pra
Root: yam (class 1)
स (sa) - that (he, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, it
मूढः (mūḍhaḥ) - deluded (bewildered, deluded, foolish)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mūḍha
mūḍha - bewildered, foolish, deluded, lost
Past Passive Participle
Derived from the root muh (to be bewildered, to be foolish).
Root: muh (class 4)
नरकं (narakaṁ) - hell (hell, abyss)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of naraka
naraka - hell, abyss, the underworld
Possibly from nara (man) and ka (suffix) or related to a root meaning 'to fall'.
याति (yāti) - goes (goes, proceeds)
(verb)
3rd person , active, present (laṭ) of √yā
Present tense, 3rd person singular
From the root √yā (to go).
Root: yā (class 2)
कालसूत्रमवाक्शिराः (kālasūtramavākśirāḥ) - headfirst to the Kalasutra hell (headfirst into the Kalasutra hell)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of kālasūtramavākśiras
kālasūtramavākśiras - going headfirst into the Kalasutra hell
Compound of kālasūtra (a specific hell) and avākśiras (head downwards).
Compound type : dvandva (kālasūtra+avākśiras)
- kālasūtra – a hell named Kalasutra
noun (neuter)
Compound of kāla (time, black) and sūtra (thread). - avākśiras – head downwards, headfirst
indeclinable
Compound of ava (down) and śiras (head).
Prefix: ava
Note: Implies the state of going into the hell.