मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-5, verse-62
सर्वेषां शावमाशौचं मातापित्रोस्तु सूतकम ।
सूतकं मातुरेव स्यादुपस्पृश्य पिता शुचिः ॥६२॥
सूतकं मातुरेव स्यादुपस्पृश्य पिता शुचिः ॥६२॥
62. sarveṣāṁ śāvamāśaucaṁ mātāpitrostu sūtakam ,
sūtakaṁ mātureva syādupaspṛśya pitā śuciḥ.
sūtakaṁ mātureva syādupaspṛśya pitā śuciḥ.
62.
sarveṣāṃ śāvamāśaucaṃ mātāpitrostu sūtakama
| sūtakaṃ māturēva syādupasparśya pitā śuciḥ
| sūtakaṃ māturēva syādupasparśya pitā śuciḥ
62.
For all, impurity (āśauca) related to death is for ten days. For parents, it is natal impurity (sūtakama). Natal impurity belongs to the mother alone; the father becomes pure after a ritual purification (upasṛśya).
Words meanings summery:
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- सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - for all (relatives in general) (of all)
- शावम् (śāvam) - impurity related to a death (related to a corpse, funeral)
- आशौचम् (āśaucam) - ritual impurity (impurity, pollution)
- मातापित्रोः (mātāpitroḥ) - for parents (of the mother and father)
- तु (tu) - but (but, and, moreover)
- सूतकम् (sūtakam) - natal impurity (natal impurity, pollution from birth)
- सूतकम् (sūtakam) - natal impurity (natal impurity, pollution from birth)
- मातुः (mātuḥ) - of the mother
- एव (eva) - alone (even, indeed, only)
- स्यात् (syāt) - should be (may be, should be)
- उपस्पर्श्य (upasparśya) - after a ritual purification (by touching water) (having touched, after touching (ritually))
- पिता (pitā) - the father (father)
- शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure, clean (ritually) (pure, clean)
Words meanings and morphology
सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - for all (relatives in general) (of all)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole
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)
मातापित्रोः (mātāpitroḥ) - for parents (of the mother and father)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, dual of mātāpitṛ
mātāpitṛ - mother and father
mātṛ (mother) + pitṛ (father)
तु (tu) - but (but, and, moreover)
(indeclinable)
सूतकम् (sūtakam) - natal impurity (natal impurity, pollution from birth)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of sūtakam
sūtakam - natal impurity, pollution from birth
from root 'su' (to give birth)
Root: su (class 1)
सूतकम् (sūtakam) - natal impurity (natal impurity, pollution from birth)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sūtakam
sūtakam - natal impurity, pollution from birth
from root 'su' (to give birth)
Root: su (class 1)
Note: Subject of syāt
मातुः (mātuḥ) - of the mother
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, singular of mātṛ
mātṛ - mother
एव (eva) - alone (even, indeed, only)
(indeclinable)
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)
उपस्पर्श्य (upasparśya) - after a ritual purification (by touching water) (having touched, after touching (ritually))
(gerund)
Note: Literally 'after touching', implying ritual purification, usually by touching water.
पिता (pitā) - the father (father)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pitṛ
pitṛ - father
Note: Subject of 'becomes pure'
शुचिः (śuciḥ) - pure, clean (ritually) (pure, clean)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of śuci
śuci - pure, clean, bright
Note: Predicate adjective