मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-5, verse-75
विगतं तु विदेशस्थं शृणुयाद यो ह्यनिर्दशम ।
यत्शेषं दशरात्रस्य तावदेवाशुचिर्भवेत ॥७५॥
यत्शेषं दशरात्रस्य तावदेवाशुचिर्भवेत ॥७५॥
75. vigataṁ tu videśasthaṁ śṛṇuyād yo hyanirdaśam ,
yatśeṣaṁ daśarātrasya tāvadevāśucirbhavet.
yatśeṣaṁ daśarātrasya tāvadevāśucirbhavet.
75.
vigatam tu videśastham śṛṇuyād yo hyanirdaśam
yatśeṣaṃ daśarātrasya tāvadevāśucirbhavet
yatśeṣaṃ daśarātrasya tāvadevāśucirbhavet
75.
yo vigatam tu videśastham hyanirdaśam śṛṇuyāt
yatśeṣaṃ daśarātrasya tāvadeva āśucir bhavet
yatśeṣaṃ daśarātrasya tāvadeva āśucir bhavet
75.
If one hears about the death of a relative who is abroad and the event is less than ten days old, one becomes impure for the remaining period of those ten days.
Words meanings summery:
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- विगतम् (vigatam) - passed away (gone, passed away, departed)
- तु (tu) - but (but, and, however)
- विदेशस्थम् (videśastham) - abroad (situated in a foreign country, abroad)
- शृणुयात् (śṛṇuyāt) - hears (should hear, may hear)
- यो (yo) - one who (who, he who)
- हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, surely)
- अनिर्दशम् (anirdaśam) - less than ten days old (not ten days old, less than ten days)
- यत्शेषम् (yatśeṣam) - the remaining period (what remains)
- दशरात्रस्य (daśarātrasya) - of the ten days (of ten nights, of ten days)
- तावदेव (tāvadeva) - for the remaining period (only so much, only to that extent)
- आशुचिर् (āśucir) - impure
- भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes (should be, may be)
Words meanings and morphology
विगतम् (vigatam) - passed away (gone, passed away, departed)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vigata
vigata - gone, departed, past, lost, deceased
Past Passive Participle
from √gam 'to go' + niṣṭhā suffix + vi 'away'
Prefix: vi
Root: gam (class 1)
तु (tu) - but (but, and, however)
(indeclinable)
विदेशस्थम् (videśastham) - abroad (situated in a foreign country, abroad)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of videśastha
videśastha - situated in a foreign land, abroad
compound of videśa 'foreign country' and stha 'standing, situated'
Compound type : tatpurusha (videśa+stha)
- videśa – foreign country, other land
noun (masculine)
from deśa 'country' + vi 'apart, away'
Prefix: vi - stha – standing, situated, residing
adjective (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
from √sthā 'to stand, stay' + niṣṭhā suffix
Root: sthā (class 1)
शृणुयात् (śṛṇuyāt) - hears (should hear, may hear)
(verb)
3rd person , middle, optative (liṅ) of śṛ
Atmanepada
Root class 1.1042, atmanepada form
Root: śṛ (class 1)
Note: Potentially optative, used hypothetically.
यो (yo) - one who (who, he who)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which, that
हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, surely)
(indeclinable)
अनिर्दशम् (anirdaśam) - less than ten days old (not ten days old, less than ten days)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of anirdaśa
anirdaśa - less than ten (days)
negation (a-) + nirdaśa 'ten'
Note: Refers to a period of time.
यत्शेषम् (yatśeṣam) - the remaining period (what remains)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yatśeṣa
yatśeṣa - what remains, the remainder
compound of yat 'that which' and śeṣa 'remainder'
Compound type : tatpurusha (yat+śeṣa)
- yat – which, that which
pronoun (neuter) - śeṣa – remainder, remnant, residue, end
noun (masculine)
from √śiṣ 'to leave behind'
Root: śiṣ (class 2)
दशरात्रस्य (daśarātrasya) - of the ten days (of ten nights, of ten days)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of daśarātra
daśarātra - lasting for ten nights/days
compound of daśa 'ten' and rātra 'night'
Compound type : tatpurusha (daśa+rātra)
- daśa – ten
numeral (neuter) - rātra – night
noun (neuter)
तावदेव (tāvadeva) - for the remaining period (only so much, only to that extent)
(indeclinable)
आशुचिर् (āśucir) - impure
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of āśuci
āśuci - impure, unclean
negation (ā-) + śuci 'pure'
भवेत् (bhavet) - becomes (should be, may be)
(verb)
3rd person , middle, optative (liṅ) of bhū
Atmanepada
Root class 1.1, atmanepada form
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: Potentially optative, used hypothetically.