मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-9, verse-92
अलङ्कारं नाददीत पित्र्यं कन्या स्वयंवरा ।
मातृकं भ्रातृदत्तं वा स्तेना स्याद यदि तं हरेत ॥९२॥
मातृकं भ्रातृदत्तं वा स्तेना स्याद यदि तं हरेत ॥९२॥
92. alaṅkāraṁ nādadīta pitryaṁ kanyā svayaṁvarā ,
mātṛkaṁ bhrātṛdattaṁ vā stenā syād yadi taṁ haret.
mātṛkaṁ bhrātṛdattaṁ vā stenā syād yadi taṁ haret.
92.
alaṅkāram na ādadhīta pitryam kanyā svayaṃvarā |
mātṛkam bhrātṛ-dattam vā stenā syāt yadi tam hareta
mātṛkam bhrātṛ-dattam vā stenā syāt yadi tam hareta
92.
svayaṃvarā kanyā pitryam mātṛkam vā bhrātṛ-dattam alaṅkāram na ādadhīta yadi tam hareta,
stenā syāt
stenā syāt
92.
A maiden who chooses her husband herself should not take any ornament inherited from her father, or from her mother, or given by her brother. If she were to take it, she would be a thief.
Words meanings summery:
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- अलङ्कारम् (alaṅkāram) - ornament (ornament, decoration, embellishment)
- न (na) - not (not, no)
- आदधीत (ādadhīta) - should take (should take, should place, should hold)
- पित्र्यम् (pitryam) - inherited from her father (paternal, ancestral, inherited from father)
- कन्या (kanyā) - a maiden (maiden, girl, daughter)
- स्वयंवरा (svayaṁvarā) - a maiden who chooses her husband herself (self-choosing, choosing one's own husband)
- मातृकम् (mātṛkam) - inherited from her mother (maternal, inherited from mother)
- भ्रातृ-दत्तम् (bhrātṛ-dattam) - given by her brother (given by a brother)
- वा (vā) - or (or, either)
- स्तेना (stenā) - a thief (a female thief, thievish)
- स्यात् (syāt) - would be (should be, would be, may be)
- यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case that)
- तम् (tam) - it (referring to the ornament) (that, him, it)
- हरेत (hareta) - were to take (steal) (should take away, should steal, should carry off)
Words meanings and morphology
अलङ्कारम् (alaṅkāram) - ornament (ornament, decoration, embellishment)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of alaṅkāra
alaṅkāra - ornament, decoration, embellishment, adornment
from 'alam' (enough, able) + root 'kṛ' (to do)
Root: kṛ (class 8)
न (na) - not (not, no)
(indeclinable)
negative particle
आदधीत (ādadhīta) - should take (should take, should place, should hold)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of ā-dhā
optative
from 'ā' (prefix) + root 'dhā' (to place, put), 3rd singular middle voice optative
Prefix: ā
Root: dhā (class 3)
पित्र्यम् (pitryam) - inherited from her father (paternal, ancestral, inherited from father)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of pitrya
pitrya - paternal, ancestral, belonging to the father, inherited from the father
derived from 'pitṛ' (father) with 'ya' suffix
कन्या (kanyā) - a maiden (maiden, girl, daughter)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of kanyā
kanyā - a girl, a maiden, a daughter, a virgin
Root: kan
स्वयंवरा (svayaṁvarā) - a maiden who chooses her husband herself (self-choosing, choosing one's own husband)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of svayaṃvarā
svayaṁvarā - self-chosen, choosing one's own husband (a maiden who chooses her husband)
from 'svayam' (oneself) + 'vara' (choosing, bridegroom), feminine form
Compound type : tatpurusha (svayam+vara)
- svayam – oneself, by oneself
indeclinable - vara – choice, best, bridegroom
noun (masculine)
from root vṛ (to choose)
Root: vṛ (class 9)
मातृकम् (mātṛkam) - inherited from her mother (maternal, inherited from mother)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of mātṛka
mātṛka - maternal, belonging to the mother, inherited from the mother
derived from 'mātṛ' (mother) with 'ka' suffix
भ्रातृ-दत्तम् (bhrātṛ-dattam) - given by her brother (given by a brother)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of bhrātṛ-datta
bhrātṛ-datta - given by a brother
compound of 'bhrātṛ' (brother) and 'datta' (given)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhrātṛ+datta)
- bhrātṛ – brother
noun (masculine) - datta – given, granted
participle (neuter)
past passive participle
from root dā (to give)
Root: dā (class 3)
वा (vā) - or (or, either)
(indeclinable)
disjunctive particle
स्तेना (stenā) - a thief (a female thief, thievish)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of stenā
stenā - a female thief, thievish, stealing
feminine form of 'stena'
Root: sten (class 10)
स्यात् (syāt) - would be (should be, would be, may be)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of as
optative
from root 'as' (to be), 3rd singular active voice optative
Root: as (class 2)
यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case that)
(indeclinable)
तम् (tam) - it (referring to the ornament) (that, him, it)
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - he, she, it, that
demonstrative/anaphoric pronoun, masculine singular accusative
हरेत (hareta) - were to take (steal) (should take away, should steal, should carry off)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of hṛ
optative
from root 'hṛ' (to take), 3rd singular active voice optative
Root: hṛ (class 1)