मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-1, verse-105
पुनाति पङ्क्तिं वंश्यांश्च ?? सप्तसप्त परावरान ।
पृथिवीमपि चैवेमां कृत्स्नामेकोऽपि सोऽर्हति ॥१०५॥
पृथिवीमपि चैवेमां कृत्स्नामेकोऽपि सोऽर्हति ॥१०५॥
105. punāti paṅktiṁ vaṁśyāṁśca ?? saptasapta parāvarān ,
pṛthivīmapi caivemāṁ kṛtsnāmeko'pi so'rhati.
pṛthivīmapi caivemāṁ kṛtsnāmeko'pi so'rhati.
105.
punāti paṅktim vaṃśyān ca saptasapta parāvarān
pṛthivīm api ca eva imām kṛtsnām ekaḥ api saḥ arhati
pṛthivīm api ca eva imām kṛtsnām ekaḥ api saḥ arhati
105.
saḥ ekaḥ api paṅktim vaṃśyān ca saptasapta parāvarān
punāti imām kṛtsnām pṛthivīm api ca eva arhati
punāti imām kṛtsnām pṛthivīm api ca eva arhati
105.
He purifies his lineage, both ancestors and descendants, for seven generations above and seven below. Even a single such individual is worthy of this entire earth.
Words meanings summery:
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- पुनाति (punāti) - purifies, cleanses
- पङ्क्तिम् (paṅktim) - lineage, row, series, collection
- वंश्यान् (vaṁśyān) - descendants, belonging to the family/lineage
- च (ca) - and, also
- सप्तसप्त (saptasapta) - seven generations above and seven below (seven by seven, seven on seven)
- परावरान् (parāvarān) - ancestors and descendants (referring to generations) (superior and inferior; ancestors and descendants)
- पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - earth, ground
- अपि (api) - even, also, too
- च (ca) - and, also
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly
- इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine singular accusative)
- कृत्स्नाम् (kṛtsnām) - entire, whole, complete
- एकः (ekaḥ) - even a single individual (one, a single one)
- अपि (api) - even, also, too
- सः (saḥ) - he, that (masculine singular nominative)
- अर्हति (arhati) - deserves, is worthy, is able
Words meanings and morphology
पुनाति (punāti) - purifies, cleanses
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of puṇāti
root of class 9 verb
Root: pu (class 9)
पङ्क्तिम् (paṅktim) - lineage, row, series, collection
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of paṅkti
paṅkti - line, row, series, lineage, family
वंश्यान् (vaṁśyān) - descendants, belonging to the family/lineage
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of vaṃśya
vaṁśya - belonging to a family/lineage; descendant
From vaṃśa + ya (suffix for belonging)
Note: Used as a noun here, referring to 'descendants'.
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
सप्तसप्त (saptasapta) - seven generations above and seven below (seven by seven, seven on seven)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of saptasapta
saptasapta - seven by seven, seven on seven
Compound type : dvandva (sapta+sapta)
- sapta – seven
numeral - sapta – seven
numeral
Note: Modifies implied 'generations' or 'individuals'.
परावरान् (parāvarān) - ancestors and descendants (referring to generations) (superior and inferior; ancestors and descendants)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of parāvara
parāvara - superior and inferior, higher and lower, ancestors and descendants
Compound of para (superior) and avara (inferior)
Compound type : dvandva (para+avara)
- para – other, supreme, superior, distant
adjective (masculine) - avara – inferior, lower, later, posterior
adjective (masculine)
Note: Used as a noun, referring to both ancestors and descendants.
पृथिवीम् (pṛthivīm) - earth, ground
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of pṛthivī
pṛthivī - earth, ground, world
अपि (api) - even, also, too
(indeclinable)
च (ca) - and, also
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, certainly
(indeclinable)
इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine singular accusative)
(pronoun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of idam
idam - this, this one
कृत्स्नाम् (kṛtsnām) - entire, whole, complete
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of kṛtsna
kṛtsna - entire, whole, complete, all
एकः (ekaḥ) - even a single individual (one, a single one)
(numeral)
अपि (api) - even, also, too
(indeclinable)
सः (saḥ) - he, that (masculine singular nominative)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
अर्हति (arhati) - deserves, is worthy, is able
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of arh
root of class 1 verb
Root: arh (class 1)