मनु-स्मृतिः manu-smṛtiḥ - chapter-5, verse-35

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नियुक्तस्तु यथान्यायं यो मांसं नात्ति मानवः ।
स प्रेत्य पशुतां याति संभवानेकविंशतिम ॥३५॥

35. niyuktastu yathānyāyaṁ yo māṁsaṁ nātti mānavaḥ ,
sa pretya paśutāṁ yāti saṁbhavānekaviṁśatim.

35. niyuktaḥ tu yathānyāyam yaḥ māṃsam nātti mānavaḥ
saḥ pretya paśutām yāti saṃbhavān ekavimśatim

35. A person who, when appointed, does not eat meat according to established custom, attains the state of an animal for twenty-one births after death.

Words meanings summery:

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नियुक्तः (niyuktaḥ) - appointed or assigned to a task (appointed, assigned, employed, engaged)

तु (tu) - indeed (but, and, also, indeed)

यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - according to established custom or rule (according to justice, according to rule, properly)

यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which, that)

मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat (meat, flesh)

नात्ति (nātti) - does not eat

मानवः (mānavaḥ) - human being (human being, man, descendant of Manu)

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that, it)

प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death (having died, after death)

पशुताम् (paśutām) - state of an animal (state of an animal, animalhood)

याति (yāti) - attains (goes, attains, reaches)

संभवान् (saṁbhavān) - births (births, existences, occurrences)

एकविम्शतिम् (ekavimśatim) - twenty-one

Words meanings and morphology

नियुक्तः (niyuktaḥ) - appointed or assigned to a task (appointed, assigned, employed, engaged)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niyukta

niyukta - appointed, engaged, employed, commanded, commanded, determined, decided

Past Passive Participle

from root '√yu' (to join, to fasten) with prefix 'ni-' (down, into) and suffix 'kta-'

Prefix: ni-

Root: √yu (class 1)

Note: part of a compound with 'tu'

तु (tu) - indeed (but, and, also, indeed)

(indeclinable)

यथान्यायम् (yathānyāyam) - according to established custom or rule (according to justice, according to rule, properly)

(indeclinable)

compound of 'yathā' (as) and 'nyāya' (justice, rule)

यः (yaḥ) - who (who, which, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, that, what

relative pronoun

मांसम् (māṁsam) - meat (meat, flesh)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

नात्ति (nātti) - does not eat

(verb)

3rd person , active, present (laṭ) of aś

Present Indicative

root 'aś' (to eat), 1st conjugation, third person singular present indicative, negated by 'na'

Root: aś (class 1)

Note: negated by 'na-'

मानवः (mānavaḥ) - human being (human being, man, descendant of Manu)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānava

mānava - human, man, descendant of Manu

derived from 'Manu'

सः (saḥ) - he (he, that, it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she, this

demonstrative pronoun

प्रेत्य (pretya) - after death (having died, after death)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

from root '√kram' (to go) with prefix 'pra-' and suffix 'tya-'

Prefix: pra-

Root: √kram (class 1)

पशुताम् (paśutām) - state of an animal (state of an animal, animalhood)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of paśutva

paśutva - animalhood, state of being an animal

derived from 'paśu' (animal) with suffix 'tva-'

Note: The form is 'paśutām', likely a variation or scribal error for 'paśutvam' (neuter accusative) or 'paśutāṃ' (feminine accusative if referring to a state) but functioning as accusative here.

याति (yāti) - attains (goes, attains, reaches)

(verb)

3rd person , active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present Indicative

root 'yā' (to go), 2nd conjugation, third person singular present indicative

Root: √yā (class 2)

संभवान् (saṁbhavān) - births (births, existences, occurrences)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of saṃbhava

saṁbhava - birth, production, origin, occurrence, possibility, existence, happening

derived from '√bhū' (to be, to become) with prefix 'saṃ-'

Prefix: saṃ-