मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-5, verse-72
स्त्रीणामसंस्कृतानां तु त्र्यहात्शुध्यन्ति बान्धवाः ।
यथौक्तेनैव कल्पेन शुध्यन्ति तु सनाभयः ॥७२॥
यथौक्तेनैव कल्पेन शुध्यन्ति तु सनाभयः ॥७२॥
72. strīṇāmasaṁskṛtānāṁ tu tryahātśudhyanti bāndhavāḥ ,
yathauktenaiva kalpena śudhyanti tu sanābhayaḥ.
yathauktenaiva kalpena śudhyanti tu sanābhayaḥ.
72.
strīṇām asaṃskṛtānām tu tryahāt śudhyanti bāndhavāḥ
yathā auktena eva kalpena śudhyanti tu sanābhayaḥ
yathā auktena eva kalpena śudhyanti tu sanābhayaḥ
72.
For unmarried women (who are not yet initiated into sacred rites), their relatives become pure after three days. But their own kinsmen (sanabhayaḥ) become pure according to the same prescribed method.
Words meanings summery:
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- स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of unmarried women (of women)
- असंस्कृतानाम् (asaṁskṛtānām) - unmarried (women, not yet initiated into sacred rites) (unpurified, uninitiated, unprepared)
- तु (tu) - but (but, however, and)
- त्र्यहात् (tryahāt) - after three days (from three days)
- शुध्यन्ति (śudhyanti) - become pure (they become pure, they are purified)
- बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - relatives (relatives, kinsmen)
- यथा (yathā) - according to (as, according to, like)
- औक्तेन (auktena) - prescribed (spoken, declared, prescribed)
- एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, even, thus)
- कल्पेन (kalpena) - method (by arrangement, by means of, by method)
- शुध्यन्ति (śudhyanti) - become pure (they become pure, they are purified)
- तु (tu) - but (but, however, and)
- सनाभयः (sanābhayaḥ) - kinsmen (own) (kinsmen, relatives of the same lineage)
Words meanings and morphology
स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of unmarried women (of women)
(noun)
Genitive, feminine, plural of strī
strī - woman
असंस्कृतानाम् (asaṁskṛtānām) - unmarried (women, not yet initiated into sacred rites) (unpurified, uninitiated, unprepared)
(adjective)
Genitive, feminine, plural of asaṃskṛta
asaṁskṛta - unpurified, uninitiated, unprepared, not done
Past Passive Participle
negation (a-) of saṃskṛta, which is the PPP of the root kṛ 'to do, to make' with the prefix sam 'together'
Prefixes: a-+sam
Root: kṛ (class 8)
तु (tu) - but (but, however, and)
(indeclinable)
त्र्यहात् (tryahāt) - after three days (from three days)
(noun)
Ablative, neuter, singular of tryaha
tryaha - a period of three days, lasting three days
compound of tri ('three') and aha ('day')
Compound type : tatpurusha (tri+aha)
- tri – three
indeclinable - aha – day
noun (neuter)
शुध्यन्ति (śudhyanti) - become pure (they become pure, they are purified)
(verb)
3rd person , active, present (laṭ) of śudh
Parasmaipada Present Tense
root śudh (class 10, parasmaipada)
Root: śudh (class 10)
बान्धवाः (bāndhavāḥ) - relatives (relatives, kinsmen)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of bāndhava
bāndhava - relative, kinsman, friend
derived from bandhu 'kin, relation, friend'
यथा (yathā) - according to (as, according to, like)
(indeclinable)
औक्तेन (auktena) - prescribed (spoken, declared, prescribed)
(adjective)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of ukta
ukta - said, spoken, declared, prescribed
Past Passive Participle
from the root vac 'to speak' (with uvāca in perfect) or root vak 'to speak'
Root: vac (class 2)
Note: Used here with 'kalpena' to mean 'prescribed manner'.
एव (eva) - indeed (only, indeed, even, thus)
(indeclinable)
कल्पेन (kalpena) - method (by arrangement, by means of, by method)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of kalpa
kalpa - rule, regulation, manner, method, order, epoch
from the root kṛp 'to be able, to be fit'
Root: kṛp (class 10)
Note: Used with 'yathā uktena' to mean 'according to the prescribed manner'.
शुध्यन्ति (śudhyanti) - become pure (they become pure, they are purified)
(verb)
3rd person , active, present (laṭ) of śudh
Parasmaipada Present Tense
root śudh (class 10, parasmaipada)
Root: śudh (class 10)
तु (tu) - but (but, however, and)
(indeclinable)
सनाभयः (sanābhayaḥ) - kinsmen (own) (kinsmen, relatives of the same lineage)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sanābhi
sanābhi - kinsman, relation of the same womb, relative
compound of sa ('with, same') and nābhi ('navel', referring to being of the same birth)
Compound type : tatpurusha (sa+nābhi)
- sa – with, together, same
indeclinable - nābhi – navel, centre
noun (feminine)