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मनु-स्मृतिः       manu-smṛtiḥ - chapter-1, verse-29

हिंस्राहिंस्रे मृदुक्रूरे धर्माधर्मावृतानृते ।
यद यस्य सोऽदधात सर्गे तत तस्य स्वयमाविशत ॥२९॥
29. hiṁsrāhiṁsre mṛdukrūre dharmādharmāvṛtānṛte ,
yad yasya so'dadhāt sarge tat tasya svayamāviśat.
29. hiṃsrā ahiṃsre mṛdu krūre dharma adharmau ṛta anṛte
yat yasya saḥ adadhāt sarge tat tasya svayam āviśat
29. Whatever qualities – violence and non-violence, gentleness and cruelty, natural law (dharma) and lawlessness, truth and falsehood – the Creator assigned to each being at the time of creation, those very qualities spontaneously manifest in that being.

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

  • हिंस्रा (hiṁsrā) - violent, harmful, injuring
  • अहिंस्रे (ahiṁsre) - non-violent, harmless
  • मृदु (mṛdu) - gentle, soft, tender
  • क्रूरे (krūre) - cruel, fierce, harsh
  • धर्म (dharma) - natural law, intrinsic nature (natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty)
  • अधर्मौ (adharmau) - lawlessness, absence of natural law (lawlessness, unrighteousness, injustice)
  • ऋत (ṛta) - truth, cosmic order, right
  • अनृते (anṛte) - falsehood, untruth
  • यत् (yat) - which, whatever, that
  • यस्य (yasya) - of whom, to whom, for whom
  • सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)
  • अदधात् (adadhāt) - created, established, placed, assigned
  • सर्गे (sarge) - in creation, in the act of creation
  • तत् (tat) - that, those (qualities)
  • तस्य (tasya) - of him, for him, to him
  • स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously, by itself, personally
  • आविशत् (āviśat) - entered, manifested, became present

Words meanings and morphology

हिंस्रा (hiṁsrā) - violent, harmful, injuring
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, dual of hiṃsra
hiṁsra - violent, harmful, savage, injurious
From root `hiṃs` (to injure) + `ra` suffix
Root: hiṃs
Note: Appears as the first part of a dual compound adjective.
अहिंस्रे (ahiṁsre) - non-violent, harmless
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, dual of ahiṃsra
ahiṁsra - non-violent, harmless, not injurious
`a-` (negation) + `hiṃsra`
Compound type : tatpurusha (a+hiṃsra)
  • a – not, non-
    indeclinable
    negation prefix
  • hiṃsra – violent, harmful
    adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
    From root `hiṃs` + `ra` suffix
    Root: hiṃs
Note: Appears as the second part of a dual compound adjective, agreeing with hiṃsrā.
मृदु (mṛdu) - gentle, soft, tender
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, dual of mṛdu
mṛdu - soft, tender, gentle, mild
Note: Appears as the first part of a dual compound adjective.
क्रूरे (krūre) - cruel, fierce, harsh
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, dual of krūra
krūra - cruel, fierce, harsh, savage, bloody
Root: krūr
Note: Appears as the second part of a dual compound adjective, agreeing with mṛdu.
धर्म (dharma) - natural law, intrinsic nature (natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of dharma
dharma - natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty, virtue, custom
From root `dhṛ` (to uphold, sustain)
Root: dhṛ (class 1)
Note: Part of a `dvandva` compound `dharma-adharmau`.
अधर्मौ (adharmau) - lawlessness, absence of natural law (lawlessness, unrighteousness, injustice)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, dual of adharma
adharma - unrighteousness, lawlessness, injustice, sin
`a-` (negation) + `dharma`
Compound type : tatpurusha (a+dharma)
  • a – not, non-
    indeclinable
    negation prefix
  • dharma – natural law, righteousness
    noun (masculine)
    From root `dhṛ` (to uphold, sustain)
    Root: dhṛ (class 1)
Note: Part of a `dvandva` compound `dharma-adharmau`.
ऋत (ṛta) - truth, cosmic order, right
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, dual of ṛta
ṛta - truth, cosmic order, right, fixed order
Past Passive Participle
From root `ṛ` (to go, move, arise)
Root: ṛ (class 3)
Note: Part of a `dvandva` compound `ṛta-anṛte`.
अनृते (anṛte) - falsehood, untruth
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, dual of anṛta
anṛta - untruth, falsehood, injustice
`a-` (negation) + `ṛta`
Compound type : tatpurusha (a+ṛta)
  • a – not, non-
    indeclinable
    negation prefix
  • ṛta – truth, cosmic order
    noun (neuter/masculine)
    Past Passive Participle
    From root `ṛ`
    Root: ṛ (class 3)
Note: Part of a `dvandva` compound `ṛta-anṛte`.
यत् (yat) - which, whatever, that
(pronoun)
neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, what, whatever, that
Note: Refers to the qualities.
यस्य (yasya) - of whom, to whom, for whom
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, what, whatever, that
Note: Refers to `saḥ` (the creator).
सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - he, she, it, that
Demonstrative pronoun
Note: The subject, referring to Prajāpati or Brahmā.
अदधात् (adadhāt) - created, established, placed, assigned
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of dhā
Imperfect (laṅ)
3rd person singular, root `dhā`
Root: dhā (class 3)
सर्गे (sarge) - in creation, in the act of creation
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of sarga
sarga - creation, emanation, discharge
From root `sṛj` (to emit, create)
Root: sṛj (class 6)
तत् (tat) - that, those (qualities)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - he, she, it, that
Demonstrative pronoun
Note: Correlative to `yat`.
तस्य (tasya) - of him, for him, to him
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of tad
tad - he, she, it, that
Demonstrative pronoun
स्वयम् (svayam) - spontaneously, by itself, personally
(indeclinable)
Adverbial form of `sva` (self)
आविशत् (āviśat) - entered, manifested, became present
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of viś
Imperfect (laṅ)
3rd person singular, root `viś` with `ā` prefix
Prefix: ā
Root: viś (class 6)
Note: The subject is `tat` (the qualities).