मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-9, verse-72
विधिवत प्रतिगृह्यापि त्यजेत कन्यां विगर्हिताम ।
व्याधितां विप्रदुष्टां वा छद्मना चोपपादिताम ॥७२॥
व्याधितां विप्रदुष्टां वा छद्मना चोपपादिताम ॥७२॥
72. vidhivat pratigṛhyāpi tyajet kanyāṁ vigarhitām ,
vyādhitāṁ vipraduṣṭāṁ vā chadmanā copapāditām.
vyādhitāṁ vipraduṣṭāṁ vā chadmanā copapāditām.
72.
vidhivat pratigṛhya api tyajeta kanyām vigarhītām
vyādhitām vipraduṣṭām vā chadmanā ca upapāditām
vyādhitām vipraduṣṭām vā chadmanā ca upapāditām
72.
vidhivat api kanyām pratigṛhya,
vigarhītām,
vyādhitām,
vipraduṣṭām vā,
chadmanā ca upapāditām tyajeta
vigarhītām,
vyādhitām,
vipraduṣṭām vā,
chadmanā ca upapāditām tyajeta
72.
Even after having duly accepted a maiden, one should abandon her if she is censured, diseased, greatly defiled, or has been presented through deceit.
Words meanings summery:
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- विधिवत् (vidhivat) - duly, properly (according to rule, duly, properly)
- प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having accepted (for marriage) (having received, having accepted)
- अपि (api) - even (though accepted) (even, also, too)
- त्यजेत (tyajeta) - one should abandon (the maiden) (one should abandon, one should forsake, one should leave)
- कन्याम् (kanyām) - a maiden (a maiden, a daughter (accusative singular))
- विगर्हीताम् (vigarhītām) - censured (due to inherent faults or reputation) (censured, blamed, faulty (feminine accusative singular))
- व्याधिताम् (vyādhitām) - diseased (diseased, sickly, ailing (feminine accusative singular))
- विप्रदुष्टाम् (vipraduṣṭām) - greatly defiled (morally or physically) (greatly defiled, corrupted, ruined (feminine accusative singular))
- वा (vā) - or (or, either)
- छद्मना (chadmanā) - by deceit (by deceit, by fraud, by trickery (instrumental singular))
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- उपपादिताम् (upapāditām) - presented (for marriage) (presented, offered, caused to be produced (feminine accusative singular, past passive participle))
Words meanings and morphology
विधिवत् (vidhivat) - duly, properly (according to rule, duly, properly)
(indeclinable)
Suffix vat from vidhi
प्रतिगृह्य (pratigṛhya) - having accepted (for marriage) (having received, having accepted)
(indeclinable)
absolutive (gerund)
From prati + root grah (to seize, take) + suffix ya
Prefix: prati
Root: grah (class 9)
अपि (api) - even (though accepted) (even, also, too)
(indeclinable)
त्यजेत (tyajeta) - one should abandon (the maiden) (one should abandon, one should forsake, one should leave)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of tyaj
optative mood, parasmaipada
3rd person singular, optative, active voice
Root: tyaj (class 1)
कन्याम् (kanyām) - a maiden (a maiden, a daughter (accusative singular))
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of kanyā
kanyā - a maiden, a girl, a daughter, a virgin
विगर्हीताम् (vigarhītām) - censured (due to inherent faults or reputation) (censured, blamed, faulty (feminine accusative singular))
(participle)
Accusative, feminine, singular of vigarhītā
vigarhītā - censured, blamed, faulty, reproached
Past Passive Participle
From vi + root garh (to blame, censure) + suffix ita
Prefix: vi
Root: garh (class 1)
व्याधिताम् (vyādhitām) - diseased (diseased, sickly, ailing (feminine accusative singular))
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of vyādhitā
vyādhitā - diseased, sickly, ailing
From vyādhi (disease) + suffix ita
विप्रदुष्टाम् (vipraduṣṭām) - greatly defiled (morally or physically) (greatly defiled, corrupted, ruined (feminine accusative singular))
(participle)
Accusative, feminine, singular of vipraduṣṭā
vipraduṣṭā - greatly defiled, corrupted, spoiled, wicked
Past Passive Participle
From vi + pra + root duṣ (to be bad, spoil) + suffix ta
Prefixes: vi+pra
Root: duṣ (class 4)
वा (vā) - or (or, either)
(indeclinable)
छद्मना (chadmanā) - by deceit (by deceit, by fraud, by trickery (instrumental singular))
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of chadman
chadman - deceit, fraud, disguise, trick
From root chad (to cover, conceal)
Root: chad (class 1)
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
उपपादिताम् (upapāditām) - presented (for marriage) (presented, offered, caused to be produced (feminine accusative singular, past passive participle))
(participle)
Accusative, feminine, singular of upapāditā
upapāditā - presented, offered, provided, caused to be produced
Past Passive Participle
From upa + pra + root pad (to go, fall) in causative form (pādi) + suffix ta
Prefixes: upa+pra
Root: pad (class 4)