मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-9, verse-99
एतत तु न परे चक्रुर्नापरे जातु साधवः ।
यदन्यस्य प्रतिज्ञाय पुनरन्यस्य दीयते ॥९९॥
यदन्यस्य प्रतिज्ञाय पुनरन्यस्य दीयते ॥९९॥
99. etat tu na pare cakrurnāpare jātu sādhavaḥ ,
yadanyasya pratijñāya punaranyasya dīyate.
yadanyasya pratijñāya punaranyasya dīyate.
99.
etat tu na pare cakruḥ na apare jātu sādhavaḥ
| yat anyasya pratijñāya punaḥ anyasya dīyate
| yat anyasya pratijñāya punaḥ anyasya dīyate
99.
tu pare etat na cakruḥ na apare sādhavaḥ jātu
yat anyasya pratijñāya punaḥ anyasya dīyate
yat anyasya pratijñāya punaḥ anyasya dīyate
99.
But neither have others done this, nor have virtuous people ever done it: that which has been promised to one person is then given to another.
Words meanings summery:
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- एतत् (etat) - this (neuter)
- तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
- न (na) - not, no
- परे (pare) - others
- चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they did, they made
- न (na) - not, no
- अपरे (apare) - other (virtuous people) (other)
- जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time
- साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - good people, virtuous ones
- यत् (yat) - that which, what
- अन्यस्य (anyasya) - to another, of another
- प्रतिज्ञाय (pratijñāya) - having promised, having sworn
- पुनः (punaḥ) - again, then
- अन्यस्य (anyasya) - to another, of another
- दीयते (dīyate) - is given
Words meanings and morphology
एतत् (etat) - this (neuter)
(pronoun)
neuter, singular of etad
etad - this, this here
तु (tu) - but, indeed, however
(indeclinable)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
परे (pare) - others
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of para
para - other, another, supreme, distant
Note: Used here as a substantive meaning 'others'.
चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they did, they made
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
न (na) - not, no
(indeclinable)
अपरे (apare) - other (virtuous people) (other)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of apara
apara - other, subsequent, inferior
Note: Modifies sādhavaḥ.
जातु (jātu) - ever, at any time
(indeclinable)
साधवः (sādhavaḥ) - good people, virtuous ones
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sādhu
sādhu - good, virtuous, righteous; a good person, sage
यत् (yat) - that which, what
(pronoun)
neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, what, that
Note: Used here as a relative pronoun introducing a clause.
अन्यस्य (anyasya) - to another, of another
(pronoun)
masculine, singular of anya
anya - other, different
Note: Used in the sense of 'to another' (dative).
प्रतिज्ञाय (pratijñāya) - having promised, having sworn
(indeclinable)
absolutive/gerund
from prati + jñā 'to know, perceive'
Prefix: prati
Root: jñā (class 9)
पुनः (punaḥ) - again, then
(indeclinable)
अन्यस्य (anyasya) - to another, of another
(pronoun)
masculine, singular of anya
anya - other, different
Note: Used in the sense of 'to another' (dative).
दीयते (dīyate) - is given
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of dā
Root: dā (class 3)