मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-5, verse-160
मृते भर्तरि साध्वी स्त्री ब्रह्मचर्ये व्यवस्थिता ।
स्वर्गं गच्छत्यपुत्राऽपि यथा ते ब्रह्मचारिणः ॥१६०॥
स्वर्गं गच्छत्यपुत्राऽपि यथा ते ब्रह्मचारिणः ॥१६०॥
160. mṛte bhartari sādhvī strī brahmacarye vyavasthitā ,
svargaṁ gacchatyaputrā'pi yathā te brahmacāriṇaḥ.
svargaṁ gacchatyaputrā'pi yathā te brahmacāriṇaḥ.
160.
mṛte bhartari sādhavī strī brahmacarye vyavasthitā
svargaṃ gacchatyapuṭrā api yathā te brahmacariṇaḥ
svargaṃ gacchatyapuṭrā api yathā te brahmacariṇaḥ
160.
yathā te brahmacariṇaḥ,
mṛte bhartari sādhavī strī brahmacarye vyavasthitā apuṭrā api svargaṃ gacchat
mṛte bhartari sādhavī strī brahmacarye vyavasthitā apuṭrā api svargaṃ gacchat
160.
When her husband dies, a virtuous woman who remains steadfast in celibacy (brahmacarya) goes to heaven, even if she has no children, just as those practitioners of celibacy (brahmacarinaḥ) do.
Words meanings summery:
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- मृते (mṛte) - when (her husband) dies (dead, deceased)
- भर्तरि (bhartari) - husband (husband, supporter, bearer)
- साधवी (sādhavī) - virtuous (virtuous, good, honest, pious)
- स्त्री (strī) - woman (woman, wife)
- ब्रह्मचर्ये (brahmacarye) - celibacy (celibacy, religious student, religious life)
- व्यवस्थिता (vyavasthitā) - remains steadfast (situated, settled, established, constant, resolute)
- स्वर्गं (svargaṁ) - heaven (heaven, paradise, sky)
- गच्छति (gacchati) - goes (goes, proceeds, attains)
- अपुट्रा (apuṭrā) - even if she has no children (childless, without sons)
- अपि (api) - even (also, even, too, indeed)
- यथा (yathā) - just as (as, like, according to, how)
- ते (te) - those (they, those)
- ब्रह्मचरिणः (brahmacariṇaḥ) - practitioners of celibacy (celibate, religious student, one who practices celibacy)
Words meanings and morphology
मृते (mṛte) - when (her husband) dies (dead, deceased)
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, singular of mṛta
mṛta - dead, deceased, lifeless, destroyed
Past Passive Participle
from root mṛ 'to die'
Root: mṛ (class 2)
Note: locative case used adverbially
भर्तरि (bhartari) - husband (husband, supporter, bearer)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of bhartṛ
bhartṛ - supporter, bearer, husband, king, fire
from root bhr 'to bear, support'
Root: bhr (class 1)
Note: locative case used adverbially
साधवी (sādhavī) - virtuous (virtuous, good, honest, pious)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of sādhu
sādhu - good, virtuous, honest, right, proper, sound, a holy man, ascetic
from root sad 'to be seated, to attain'
Root: sad (class 1)
स्त्री (strī) - woman (woman, wife)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of strī
strī - woman, wife
ब्रह्मचर्ये (brahmacarye) - celibacy (celibacy, religious student, religious life)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of brahmacarya
brahmacarya - celibacy, religious student, religious life, chastity
compound of brahman 'absolute, divine' + carya 'going, conduct'
Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+carya)
- brahman – absolute, divine, supreme spirit, Vedic knowledge, prayer
noun (neuter)
Root: bṛh (class 1) - carya – going, moving, conduct, practice, behaviour
noun (feminine)
from root car 'to go, move'
Root: car (class 1)
Note: locative case indicating state or condition
व्यवस्थिता (vyavasthitā) - remains steadfast (situated, settled, established, constant, resolute)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of vyavasthita
vyavasthita - situated, settled, established, constant, resolute, steady
Past Passive Participle
from root sthā 'to stand' with prefix vi and ava
Prefixes: vi+ava
Root: sthā (class 1)
स्वर्गं (svargaṁ) - heaven (heaven, paradise, sky)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of svarga
svarga - heaven, paradise, sky, the celestial world
गच्छति (gacchati) - goes (goes, proceeds, attains)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of gacchati
Present Active Indicative
root gam, 1st conjugation, 3rd person singular
Root: gam (class 1)
अपुट्रा (apuṭrā) - even if she has no children (childless, without sons)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of apuṭra
apuṭra - childless, without sons
negation a + puṭra 'son'
अपि (api) - even (also, even, too, indeed)
(indeclinable)
यथा (yathā) - just as (as, like, according to, how)
(indeclinable)
ते (te) - those (they, those)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of tat
tat - that, he, she, it, the former
ब्रह्मचरिणः (brahmacariṇaḥ) - practitioners of celibacy (celibate, religious student, one who practices celibacy)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of brahmacarin
brahmacarin - celibate, religious student, one who practices celibacy
from brahmacarya + in suffix
Compound type : tatpurusha (brahman+carya+in)
- brahman – absolute, divine, supreme spirit, Vedic knowledge, prayer
noun (neuter)
Root: bṛh (class 1) - carya – going, moving, conduct, practice, behaviour
noun (feminine)
from root car 'to go, move'
Root: car (class 1) - in – a suffix forming agent nouns
suffix