मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-5, verse-104
न विप्रं स्वेषु तिष्ठत्सु मृतं शूद्रेण नाययेत ।
अस्वर्ग्या ह्याहुतिः सा स्यात्शूद्रसंस्पर्शदूषिता ॥१०४॥
अस्वर्ग्या ह्याहुतिः सा स्यात्शूद्रसंस्पर्शदूषिता ॥१०४॥
104. na vipraṁ sveṣu tiṣṭhatsu mṛtaṁ śūdreṇa nāyayet ,
asvargyā hyāhutiḥ sā syātśūdrasaṁsparśadūṣitā.
asvargyā hyāhutiḥ sā syātśūdrasaṁsparśadūṣitā.
104.
na vipram sveṣu tiṣṭhatsu mṛtam śūdreṇa nāyayet
asvargyā hy āhutiḥ sā syāt śūdra-saṃsparśa-dūṣitā
asvargyā hy āhutiḥ sā syāt śūdra-saṃsparśa-dūṣitā
104.
A deceased brahmin (vipra) should not be carried (nayayet) by a śūdra while others of his own kind are present. Such an offering (ahuti) would be considered non-heavenly (asvargya), as it is defiled by the touch of a śūdra.
Words meanings summery:
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- न (na) - no, not
- विप्रम् (vipram) - A deceased brahmin (brahmin, man of the highest caste)
- स्वेषु (sveṣu) - others of his own kind (one's own, relatives, people of the same class)
- तिष्ठत्सु (tiṣṭhatsu) - are present (standing, present, existing)
- मृतम् (mṛtam) - deceased (dead, corpse)
- शूद्रेण (śūdreṇa) - by a śūdra
- नाययेत् (nāyayet) - should not be carried (should cause to be led, should carry)
- अस्वर्ग्या (asvargyā) - non-heavenly (not leading to heaven, not conducive to the heavenly world)
- हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for
- आहुतिः (āhutiḥ) - offering (offering, oblation, sacrifice)
- सा (sā) - Such an (that, she)
- स्यात् (syāt) - would be (it may be, it would be)
- शूद्र-संस्पर्श-दूषिता (śūdra-saṁsparśa-dūṣitā) - defiled by the touch of a śūdra
Words meanings and morphology
न (na) - no, not
(indeclinable)
विप्रम् (vipram) - A deceased brahmin (brahmin, man of the highest caste)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vipra
vipra - a brahmin, wise man, learned man
स्वेषु (sveṣu) - others of his own kind (one's own, relatives, people of the same class)
(pronoun)
Locative, masculine, plural of sva
sva - one's own, self
तिष्ठत्सु (tiṣṭhatsu) - are present (standing, present, existing)
(participle)
Locative, masculine, plural of sthā
sthā - to stand, to stay, to be, to exist
Present Participle
Root sthā, present active participle, masculine plural locative.
Root: √sthā (4.48) (class 4)
मृतम् (mṛtam) - deceased (dead, corpse)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛta
mṛta - dead, killed, perished
Past Passive Participle
Root mṛ (√mṛ 'to die') +kta.
Root: √mṛ
शूद्रेण (śūdreṇa) - by a śūdra
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of śūdra
śūdra - a man of the lowest caste, a laborer
नाययेत् (nāyayet) - should not be carried (should cause to be led, should carry)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of nī
Causative
Root nī (√nī 'to lead') + causative suffix + vidhiliṅg (optative of permission/command).
Root: √nī (1.2) (class 1)
अस्वर्ग्या (asvargyā) - non-heavenly (not leading to heaven, not conducive to the heavenly world)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of asvargya
asvargya - not leading to heaven, not heavenly
Prefix 'a-' (negation) + 'svarga' (heaven) + suffix '-ya' (gerundive/adjective suffix).
हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, for
(indeclinable)
आहुतिः (āhutiḥ) - offering (offering, oblation, sacrifice)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of āhuti
āhuti - offering, oblation, sacrifice
From the root '√hu' (to sacrifice) with prefix 'ā-' and suffix '-ti'.
Prefix: ā
Root: √hu (class 2)
सा (sā) - Such an (that, she)
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tad
tad - that, it
स्यात् (syāt) - would be (it may be, it would be)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as
Potentia/Optative
Root as (√as 'to be') + vidhiliṅ (optative mood).
Root: √as (2.1) (class 2)
शूद्र-संस्पर्श-दूषिता (śūdra-saṁsparśa-dūṣitā) - defiled by the touch of a śūdra
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of śūdra
śūdra - a man of the lowest caste, a laborer
Compound type : tatpurusha (śūdra+saṃsparśa+dūṣita)
- śūdra – a man of the lowest caste, a laborer
noun (masculine) - saṃsparśa – touch, contact
noun (masculine)
Root √spṛś (to touch) with prefix saṃ-.
Prefix: saṃ
Root: √spṛś (class 6) - dūṣita – defiled, corrupted, polluted
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
Root √dviṣ (to hate, to corrupt) + -ita suffix.
Root: √dviṣ (class 2)
Note: Refers to āhutiḥ.