मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-9, verse-146
धनं यो बिभृयाद भ्रातुर्मृतस्य स्त्रियमेव च ??।
सोऽपत्यं भ्रातुरुत्पाद्य दद्यात तस्यैव तद्धनम ॥१४६॥
सोऽपत्यं भ्रातुरुत्पाद्य दद्यात तस्यैव तद्धनम ॥१४६॥
146. dhanaṁ yo bibhṛyād bhrāturmṛtasya striyameva ca ??,
so'patyaṁ bhrāturutpādya dadyāt tasyaiva taddhanam.
so'patyaṁ bhrāturutpādya dadyāt tasyaiva taddhanam.
146.
dhanam yaḥ bibhṛyāt bhrātuḥ mṛtasya striyam eva ca saḥ
apatyam bhrātuḥ utpādya dadyāt tasya eva tat dhanam
apatyam bhrātuḥ utpādya dadyāt tasya eva tat dhanam
146.
yaḥ bhrātuḥ mṛtasya dhanam striyam eva ca bibhṛyāt saḥ
bhrātuḥ apatyam utpādya tat dhanam tasya eva dadyāt
bhrātuḥ apatyam utpādya tat dhanam tasya eva dadyāt
146.
He who maintains the wealth of his deceased brother, and also his wife, should, after begetting an offspring for his brother, give that wealth to that (child).
Words meanings summery:
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- धनम् (dhanam) - property (of the deceased brother) (wealth, property, money)
- यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, whoever)
- बिभृयात् (bibhṛyāt) - should maintain (the wealth and wife) (should maintain, should support, should bear)
- भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of his (deceased) brother (of a brother)
- मृतस्य (mṛtasya) - of the deceased (brother) (of the dead, of the deceased)
- स्त्रियम् (striyam) - wife (of the deceased brother) (woman, wife)
- एव (eva) - also, even (indeed, certainly, only, even)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- सः (saḥ) - he (the person maintaining the wealth and wife) (he, that)
- अपत्यम् (apatyam) - an offspring (offspring, child, descendant)
- भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - for his (deceased) brother (of a brother)
- उत्पाद्य (utpādya) - having begotten (an offspring) (having produced, having generated, having begotten)
- दद्यात् (dadyāt) - should give (should give, may give)
- तस्य (tasya) - to that (child) (to him, of him, to that)
- एव (eva) - to that very (child) (indeed, certainly, only, even)
- तत् (tat) - that (wealth) (that, this)
- धनम् (dhanam) - that property (wealth, property, money)
Words meanings and morphology
धनम् (dhanam) - property (of the deceased brother) (wealth, property, money)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of dhana
dhana - wealth, riches, property, money
Root: dhā (class 3)
Note: Object of 'bibhṛyāt' and 'dadyāt'.
यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which, whoever)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which, what, whoever
Note: Subject of 'bibhṛyāt'.
बिभृयात् (bibhṛyāt) - should maintain (the wealth and wife) (should maintain, should support, should bear)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhṛ
Root: bhṛ (class 3)
भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of his (deceased) brother (of a brother)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ
bhrātṛ - brother
Note: Possessive, qualifying 'dhanam' and 'striyam'.
मृतस्य (mṛtasya) - of the deceased (brother) (of the dead, of the deceased)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, singular of mṛta
mṛta - dead, deceased
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root mṛ (to die) with suffix -ta.
Root: mṛ (class 6)
Note: Qualifies 'bhrātuḥ'.
स्त्रियम् (striyam) - wife (of the deceased brother) (woman, wife)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of strī
strī - woman, wife, female
Note: Object of 'bibhṛyāt'.
एव (eva) - also, even (indeed, certainly, only, even)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphasizes 'striyam'.
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
Note: Connects 'dhanam' and 'striyam'.
सः (saḥ) - he (the person maintaining the wealth and wife) (he, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Note: Correlative to 'yaḥ'. Subject of 'dadyāt'.
अपत्यम् (apatyam) - an offspring (offspring, child, descendant)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of apatya
apatya - offspring, child, descendant
From a + pat (to fall) + ya. 'Not falling away', hence 'descendant'.
Prefix: a
Root: pat (class 1)
Note: Object of 'utpādya'.
भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - for his (deceased) brother (of a brother)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ
bhrātṛ - brother
Note: Genitive of purpose, 'for the brother'.
उत्पाद्य (utpādya) - having begotten (an offspring) (having produced, having generated, having begotten)
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (gerund)
From root pad (to go) with upasarga ut. Causal stem formation.
Prefix: ut
Root: pad (class 4)
Note: Specifies action preceding 'dadyāt'.
दद्यात् (dadyāt) - should give (should give, may give)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of dā
Root: dā (class 3)
Note: Main verb of the correlative clause.
तस्य (tasya) - to that (child) (to him, of him, to that)
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Note: Genitive case used in the sense of dative, 'to him'. Refers to the 'apatyam'.
एव (eva) - to that very (child) (indeed, certainly, only, even)
(indeclinable)
Note: Emphasizes 'tasya'.
तत् (tat) - that (wealth) (that, this)
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Note: Qualifies 'dhanam'.
धनम् (dhanam) - that property (wealth, property, money)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of dhana
dhana - wealth, riches, property, money
Root: dhā (class 3)
Note: Object of 'dadyāt'.