मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-5, verse-61
यथैदं शावमाशौचं सपिण्डेषु विधीयते ।
जननेऽप्येवमेव स्यात्निपुणं शुद्धिमिच्छताम ॥६१॥
जननेऽप्येवमेव स्यात्निपुणं शुद्धिमिच्छताम ॥६१॥
61. yathaidaṁ śāvamāśaucaṁ sapiṇḍeṣu vidhīyate ,
janane'pyevameva syātnipuṇaṁ śuddhimicchatām.
janane'pyevameva syātnipuṇaṁ śuddhimicchatām.
61.
yathaidaṃ śāvamāśaucaṃ sapiṇḍeṣu vidhīyate |
jananepyevameva syānnipuṇaṃ śuddhimicchāmtām
jananepyevameva syānnipuṇaṃ śuddhimicchāmtām
61.
Just as this impurity (āśauca) related to a death (śāva) is prescribed for relatives (sapiṇḍa), so also it should be for childbirth, for those who desire thorough purification.
Words meanings summery:
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- यथा (yathā) - just as (as, like)
- इदम् (idam) - this (impurity) (this)
- शावम् (śāvam) - impurity related to a death (related to a corpse, funeral)
- आशौचम् (āśaucam) - ritual impurity (impurity, pollution)
- सपिण्डेषु (sapiṇḍeṣu) - among relatives within seven degrees of kinship (in those with common ancestors, in relatives)
- विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is prescribed by law (is ordained, is prescribed)
- जनने (janane) - for childbirth (in birth, at birth)
- अपि (api) - also (also, too, even)
- एव (eva) - indeed, similarly (even, indeed, only)
- एव (eva) - similarly (even, indeed, only)
- स्यात् (syāt) - should be (may be, should be)
- निपुणम् (nipuṇam) - thoroughly (skillfully, carefully, thoroughly)
- शुद्धिम् (śuddhim) - purification (purity, purification)
- इच्छ्हताम् (icchhatām) - for those who desire (of those desiring, of those wishing)
Words meanings and morphology
यथा (yathā) - just as (as, like)
(indeclinable)
इदम् (idam) - this (impurity) (this)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of idam
idam - this
Note: subject of vidhīyate
शावम् (śāvam) - impurity related to a death (related to a corpse, funeral)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of śāva
śāva - corpse, dead body
Note: accusative used adjectivally with āśaucam
आशौचम् (āśaucam) - ritual impurity (impurity, pollution)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of aśauca
aśauca - impurity, defilement
negative prefix 'a-' + śauca (purity)
Prefix: a
Root: śuc (class 10)
सपिण्डेषु (sapiṇḍeṣu) - among relatives within seven degrees of kinship (in those with common ancestors, in relatives)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, plural of sapiṇḍa
sapiṇḍa - related, having common ancestors
sa (together) + piṇḍa (clod of rice, ancestor)
विधीयते (vidhīyate) - is prescribed by law (is ordained, is prescribed)
(verb)
3rd person , passive, present (laṭ) of vidhīyate
Passive
from root 'dha' (to put, place) with prefix 'vi-' and causative 'ni'
Prefix: vi
Root: dha (class 3)
जनने (janane) - for childbirth (in birth, at birth)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of janana
janana - birth, generation, production
Abstract Noun
from root 'jan' (to be born, produce)
Root: jan (class 4)
Note: locative used to denote the occasion
अपि (api) - also (also, too, even)
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, similarly (even, indeed, only)
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - similarly (even, indeed, only)
(indeclinable)
Note: Here it intensifies 'evam' - 'in the same way indeed'
स्यात् (syāt) - should be (may be, should be)
(verb)
3rd person , active, optative (liṅ) of syāt
Potential
from root 'as' (to be)
Root: as (class 2)
निपुणम् (nipuṇam) - thoroughly (skillfully, carefully, thoroughly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Adverbial use
शुद्धिम् (śuddhim) - purification (purity, purification)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of śuddhi
śuddhi - purity, purification, cleanness
Abstract Noun
from root 'śudh' (to be pure, clean)
Root: śudh (class 1)
Note: object of icchhatām
इच्छ्हताम् (icchhatām) - for those who desire (of those desiring, of those wishing)
(participle)
Genitive, masculine, plural of icchhatām
icchhatām - desiring, wishing
Present Active Participle
from root 'iṣ' (to wish, desire)
Root: iṣ (class 2)
Note: Genitive plural form, used here to express 'for those who desire'