महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-11, verse-12
सत्यमुक्तं त्वया देवि मनुजानां विचेष्टितम् ।
जानन्तोऽपि हितं मत्ताः पापैराशु सुखप्रदैः ॥१२॥
जानन्तोऽपि हितं मत्ताः पापैराशु सुखप्रदैः ॥१२॥
12. satyamuktaṁ tvayā devi manujānāṁ viceṣṭitam ,
jānanto'pi hitaṁ mattāḥ pāpairāśu sukhapradaiḥ.
jānanto'pi hitaṁ mattāḥ pāpairāśu sukhapradaiḥ.
12.
satyam uktam tvayā devi manujānāṃ viceṣṭitam
jānantam api hitam mattāḥ pāpaiḥ āśu sukha-pradaiḥ
jānantam api hitam mattāḥ pāpaiḥ āśu sukha-pradaiḥ
12.
devi,
tvayā manujānāṃ viceṣṭitam satyam uktam.
jānantaḥ api mattāḥ pāpaiḥ āśu sukha-pradaiḥ hitam na acarisyanti
tvayā manujānāṃ viceṣṭitam satyam uktam.
jānantaḥ api mattāḥ pāpaiḥ āśu sukha-pradaiḥ hitam na acarisyanti
12. O Devi, what you have spoken about human behavior is true. Although they know what is beneficial, intoxicated people, blinded by sins that quickly yield fleeting pleasure,
Words meanings summery:
(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)
- सत्यम् (satyam) - true, truth
- उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken, said
- त्वया (tvayā) - by you
- देवि (devi) - O goddess
- मनुजानाम् (manujānām) - of humans, of men
- विचेष्टितम् (viceṣṭitam) - behavior, action, movement
- जानन्तम् (jānantam) - knowing
- अपि (api) - even, also
- हितम् (hitam) - beneficial, what is good
- मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - intoxicated, mad, infatuated
- पापैः (pāpaiḥ) - by sins, by evil deeds
- आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly
- सुख-प्रदैः (sukha-pradaiḥ) - yielding happiness, bestowing pleasure
Words meanings and morphology
सत्यम् (satyam) - true, truth
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of satya
satya - true, real, truth
उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken, said
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of ukta
ukta - spoken, said
Past Passive Participle
from root vac
Root: vac (class 2)
त्वया (tvayā) - by you
(pronoun)
Instrumental, singular of tvad
tvad - you
देवि (devi) - O goddess
(noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of devī
devī - goddess, divine female
मनुजानाम् (manujānām) - of humans, of men
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of manuja
manuja - born of Manu, human, man
विचेष्टितम् (viceṣṭitam) - behavior, action, movement
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of viceṣṭita
viceṣṭita - striving, action, behavior, movement
Prefix: vi
Root: ceṣṭ
जानन्तम् (jānantam) - knowing
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of jānat
jānat - knowing
Present Active Participle
from root jñā
Root: jñā (class 9)
Note: Represented as plural nominative to match mattāḥ.
अपि (api) - even, also
(indeclinable)
हितम् (hitam) - beneficial, what is good
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of hita
hita - beneficial, good, welfare
Past Passive Participle
from root dhā
Root: dhā (class 3)
मत्ताः (mattāḥ) - intoxicated, mad, infatuated
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of matta
matta - intoxicated, drunk, mad
Past Passive Participle
from root mad
Root: mad (class 4)
पापैः (pāpaiḥ) - by sins, by evil deeds
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, plural of pāpa
pāpa - evil, sin, wicked
आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly
(adverb)
Note: Used adverbially
सुख-प्रदैः (sukha-pradaiḥ) - yielding happiness, bestowing pleasure
(adjective)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of sukha-prada
sukha-prada - granting happiness, giving pleasure
compound of sukha and prada
Compound type : tatpurusha (sukha+prada)
- sukha – happiness, joy, pleasure
noun (neuter) - prada – giving, bestowing
adjective (masculine)
from dā
Root: dā (class 3)