मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-5, verse-142
स्पृशन्ति बिन्दवः पादौ य आचामयतः परान ।
भौमिकैस्ते समा ज्ञेया न तैराप्रयतो भवेत ॥१४२॥
भौमिकैस्ते समा ज्ञेया न तैराप्रयतो भवेत ॥१४२॥
142. spṛśanti bindavaḥ pādau ya ācāmayataḥ parān ,
bhoṁikaiste samā jñeyā na tairāprayato bhavet.
bhoṁikaiste samā jñeyā na tairāprayato bhavet.
142.
spṛśanti bindavaḥ pādau ya ācāmayataḥ parān |
bhaumikais te samā jñeyā na tair āprayato bhavet
bhaumikais te samā jñeyā na tair āprayato bhavet
142.
ye bindavaḥ parān ācāmayataḥ pādau spṛśanti te
bhaumikaiḥ samā jñeyāḥ taiḥ āprayataḥ na bhavet
bhaumikaiḥ samā jñeyāḥ taiḥ āprayataḥ na bhavet
142.
The drops that touch the feet of others while one is performing ācamana (ritual sipping of water) are to be considered akin to earthly impurities. One should not become impure by them.
Words meanings summery:
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- स्पृशन्ति (spṛśanti) - they touch
- बिन्दवः (bindavaḥ) - drops (of water) (drops, particles)
- पादौ (pādau) - feet
- ये (ye) - the drops (which, who)
- आचामयतः (ācāmayataḥ) - while performing ācamana (while performing ācamana (sipping water))
- परान् (parān) - others
- ते (te) - they (the drops) (they, those)
- भौमिकैः (bhaumikaiḥ) - akin to earthly impurities (by earthly things)
- समा (samā) - akin (equal, alike)
- ज्ञेयाः (jñeyāḥ) - are to be considered (to be known, to be understood)
- न (na) - not
- तैर् (tair) - by them (the drops) (by them)
- आप्रयतः (āprayataḥ) - impure (impure, defiled)
- भवेत् (bhavet) - should become (may become, should be)
Words meanings and morphology
स्पृशन्ति (spṛśanti) - they touch
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of spṛś
Present Tense
Class 6.1
Root: spṛś (class 6)
बिन्दवः (bindavaḥ) - drops (of water) (drops, particles)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of bindu
bindu - drop, particle, dot, point
Note: Subject of spṛśanti.
पादौ (pādau) - feet
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, dual of pāda
pāda - foot, leg, quarter, path, verse
Note: Object of spṛśanti.
ये (ye) - the drops (which, who)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of ya
ya - who, which (relative pronoun)
Note: Refers to bindavaḥ. Placed after the verb for emphasis.
आचामयतः (ācāmayataḥ) - while performing ācamana (while performing ācamana (sipping water))
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of ācāmayat
ācāmayat - one who performs ācamana (ritual sipping of water)
Present Participle
from ā + √cam 'to drink'
Prefix: ā
Root: cam (class 1)
Note: Governs 'parān' and indicates the time of the action.
परान् (parān) - others
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of para
para - other, another, foreign, distant
Note: Object of ācāmayataḥ (referring to the feet of others, implies the feet are being washed/touched by water from the ācamana ritual).
ते (te) - they (the drops) (they, those)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of ta
ta - that, he, she, it, they
Note: Refers to bindavaḥ.
भौमिकैः (bhaumikaiḥ) - akin to earthly impurities (by earthly things)
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhaumika
bhaumika - terrestrial, earthly, belonging to the earth
derived from bhūmi (earth, ground)
Note: Instrumental case indicating likeness or comparison.
समा (samā) - akin (equal, alike)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of sama
sama - equal, same, alike, even
Note: Predicate adjective to te.
ज्ञेयाः (jñeyāḥ) - are to be considered (to be known, to be understood)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of jñeya
jñeya - knowable, to be known
Gerundive
from √jñā 'to know'
Root: jñā (class 2)
Note: Implies the verb 'to be'.
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
तैर् (tair) - by them (the drops) (by them)
(pronoun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of ta
ta - that, he, she, it, they
Note: Refers to bindavaḥ.
आप्रयतः (āprayataḥ) - impure (impure, defiled)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of āprayata
āprayata - impure, defiled, unclean
negative prefix ā + prayata (restrained, pure)
Note: Predicate adjective to the implied subject 'one' or 'a person'.
भवेत् (bhavet) - should become (may become, should be)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, potential (liṅ) of bhū
Potential Mood
Class 1.1
Root: bhū (class 1)