महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-8, verse-22
गार्हस्थ्यं प्रथमं धर्मं सर्वेषां मनुजन्मनाम् ।
तदेव कथयाम्यादौ शृणु कौलिनि तत्त्वतः ॥२२॥
तदेव कथयाम्यादौ शृणु कौलिनि तत्त्वतः ॥२२॥
22. gārhasthyaṁ prathamaṁ dharmaṁ sarveṣāṁ manujanmanām ,
tadeva kathayāmyādau śṛṇu kaulini tattvataḥ.
tadeva kathayāmyādau śṛṇu kaulini tattvataḥ.
22.
gārhasthyam prathamam dharmam sarveṣām manujanmānām
tat eva kathayāmi ādau śṛṇu kaulini tattvataḥ
tat eva kathayāmi ādau śṛṇu kaulini tattvataḥ
22.
sarveṣām manujanmānām prathamam gārhasthyam dharmam
tat eva ādau kathayāmi kaulini tattvataḥ śṛṇu
tat eva ādau kathayāmi kaulini tattvataḥ śṛṇu
22. The householder stage is the primary dharma for all human beings. I will speak about that very first stage. Listen to it truly, O Kaulinī.
Words meanings summery:
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- गार्हस्थ्यम् (gārhasthyam) - the householder state, the life of a householder
- प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, primary
- धर्मम् (dharmam) - dharma, duty, path
- सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all
- मनुजन्मानाम् (manujanmānām) - of human beings, of those born as humans
- तत् (tat) - that
- एव (eva) - indeed, exactly, very
- कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I tell, I speak, I narrate
- आदौ (ādau) - at first, initially
- शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear
- कौलिनि (kaulini) - O Kaulinī (vocative address to the goddess)
- तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in reality, according to truth
Words meanings and morphology
गार्हस्थ्यम् (gārhasthyam) - the householder state, the life of a householder
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of gārhasthya
gārhasthya - householder state
प्रथमम् (prathamam) - first, primary
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of prathama
prathama - first, primary
धर्मम् (dharmam) - dharma, duty, path
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma
dharma - dharma, essential nature, duty, righteous conduct
सर्वेषाम् (sarveṣām) - of all
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every
मनुजन्मानाम् (manujanmānām) - of human beings, of those born as humans
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of manujanman
manujanman - born as a human, human being
Compound type : tatpurusha (manu+janman)
- manu – human, man, Manu
noun (masculine) - janman – birth, origin, living being
noun (neuter)
Root: jan (class 4)
तत् (tat) - that
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that
एव (eva) - indeed, exactly, very
(indeclinable)
कथयामि (kathayāmi) - I tell, I speak, I narrate
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kath
Root: kath (class 10)
आदौ (ādau) - at first, initially
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of ādi
ādi - beginning, first
शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen, hear
(verb)
2nd person , singular, active, present imperative (loṭ) of śru
Root: śru (class 5)
कौलिनि (kaulini) - O Kaulinī (vocative address to the goddess)
(proper noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of kaulinī
kaulinī - female belonging to the kula tradition, Kaulinī
तत्त्वतः (tattvataḥ) - truly, in reality, according to truth
(adverb)
Note: Used adverbially with the suffix -tas meaning truly or in essence.