मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-9, verse-127
अपुत्रोऽनेन विधिना सुतां कुर्वीत पुत्रिकाम ।
यदपत्यं भवेदस्यां तन मम स्यात स्वधाकरम ॥१२७॥
यदपत्यं भवेदस्यां तन मम स्यात स्वधाकरम ॥१२७॥
127. aputro'nena vidhinā sutāṁ kurvīta putrikām ,
yadapatyaṁ bhavedasyāṁ tan mama syāt svadhākaram.
yadapatyaṁ bhavedasyāṁ tan mama syāt svadhākaram.
127.
aputraḥ anena vidhinā sutām kurvīta putrikām yat
apatyam bhavet asyām tat mama syāt svadhākaram
apatyam bhavet asyām tat mama syāt svadhākaram
127.
aputraḥ anena vidhinā sutām putrikām kurvīta yat
apatyam asyām bhavet tat mama svadhākaram syāt
apatyam asyām bhavet tat mama svadhākaram syāt
127.
A sonless man should, by this rule, designate his daughter as a `putrikā` (daughter made a son). Whatever offspring is born to her, that child will be mine, performing the ancestral offerings (svadhā).
Words meanings summery:
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- अपुत्रः (aputraḥ) - sonless, without a son
- अनेन (anena) - by this
- विधिना (vidhinā) - by rule, by method
- सुताम् (sutām) - daughter
- कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - he should make, he should do, he should appoint
- पुत्रिकाम् (putrikām) - a daughter designated as a son, a `putrikā`
- यत् (yat) - whatever, which
- अपत्यम् (apatyam) - offspring, child
- भवेत् (bhavet) - it may be, it should be
- अस्याम् (asyām) - in her, to her
- तत् (tat) - that
- मम (mama) - my, mine
- स्यात् (syāt) - it should be, it may be
- स्वधाकरम् (svadhākaram) - performing the ancestral offerings (svadhā) (performing ancestral offerings, producer of ancestral offerings)
Words meanings and morphology
अपुत्रः (aputraḥ) - sonless, without a son
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of aputra
aputra - sonless, childless
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (a+putra)
- a – not, non-
indeclinable - putra – son, child
noun (masculine)
अनेन (anena) - by this
(pronoun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
विधिना (vidhinā) - by rule, by method
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of vidhi
vidhi - rule, method, injunction, destiny
सुताम् (sutām) - daughter
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of sutā
sutā - daughter
कुर्वीत (kurvīta) - he should make, he should do, he should appoint
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ (vidhiliṅ)) of kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
पुत्रिकाम् (putrikām) - a daughter designated as a son, a `putrikā`
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of putrikā
putrikā - a daughter appointed as a son (who inherits and whose son performs funeral rites for the grandfather)
यत् (yat) - whatever, which
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, what, who
अपत्यम् (apatyam) - offspring, child
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of apatya
apatya - offspring, child, progeny
भवेत् (bhavet) - it may be, it should be
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ (vidhiliṅ)) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)
अस्याम् (asyām) - in her, to her
(pronoun)
Locative, feminine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
तत् (tat) - that
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, that one
मम (mama) - my, mine
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of aham
aham - I
स्यात् (syāt) - it should be, it may be
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ (vidhiliṅ)) of as
Root: as (class 2)
स्वधाकरम् (svadhākaram) - performing the ancestral offerings (svadhā) (performing ancestral offerings, producer of ancestral offerings)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of svadhākāra
svadhākāra - one who performs `svadhā` (offerings to ancestors)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (svadhā+kāra)
- svadhā – ancestral offering, oblation to the manes
noun (feminine) - kāra – doer, maker, performing
noun (masculine)
Root: kṛ
Note: Agrees with 'apatyam'