मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-1, verse-67
दैवे रात्र्यहनी वर्षं प्रविभागस्तयोः पुनः ।
अहस्तत्रोदगयनं रात्रिः स्याद दक्षिणायनम ॥६७॥
अहस्तत्रोदगयनं रात्रिः स्याद दक्षिणायनम ॥६७॥
67. daive rātryahanī varṣaṁ pravibhāgastayoḥ punaḥ ,
ahastatrodagayanaṁ rātriḥ syād dakṣiṇāyanam.
ahastatrodagayanaṁ rātriḥ syād dakṣiṇāyanam.
67.
daive rātryahanī varṣam pravibhāgaḥ tayoḥ punaḥ
ahaḥ tatra udagayanam rātriḥ syāt dakṣiṇāyanam
ahaḥ tatra udagayanam rātriḥ syāt dakṣiṇāyanam
67.
daive varṣam rātryahanī.
punaḥ tayoḥ pravibhāgaḥ.
tatra udagayanam ahaḥ syāt,
dakṣiṇāyanam rātriḥ (syāt).
punaḥ tayoḥ pravibhāgaḥ.
tatra udagayanam ahaḥ syāt,
dakṣiṇāyanam rātriḥ (syāt).
67.
For the gods, a year constitutes a single day and night. Furthermore, their division of time is such that the sun's northern course (udagayana) is considered their day, and its southern course (dakṣiṇāyana) is their night.
Words meanings summery:
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- दैवे (daive) - in the divine reckoning of time (divine, for the gods)
- रात्र्यहनी (rātryahanī) - night and day
- वर्षम् (varṣam) - year
- प्रविभागः (pravibhāgaḥ) - division, apportionment
- तयोः (tayoḥ) - referring to the day and night of the gods (of those two, their)
- पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, moreover
- अहः (ahaḥ) - day
- तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case
- उदगयनम् (udagayanam) - northern course (of the sun), northern solstice
- रात्रिः (rātriḥ) - night
- स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be, is
- दक्षिणायनम् (dakṣiṇāyanam) - southern course (of the sun), southern solstice
Words meanings and morphology
दैवे (daive) - in the divine reckoning of time (divine, for the gods)
(adjective)
Locative, neuter, singular of daiva
daiva - divine, celestial, relating to gods or destiny
रात्र्यहनी (rātryahanī) - night and day
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, dual of rātryahanī
rātryahanī - night and day
Compound type : dvandva (rātri+ahan)
- rātri – night
noun (feminine) - ahan – day
noun (neuter)
वर्षम् (varṣam) - year
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of varṣa
varṣa - year, rain, rainy season
प्रविभागः (pravibhāgaḥ) - division, apportionment
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of pravibhāga
pravibhāga - division, distinction, apportionment, part
Prefixes: pra+vi
Root: bhaj (class 7)
तयोः (tayoḥ) - referring to the day and night of the gods (of those two, their)
(pronoun)
Genitive, neuter, dual of tad
tad - that, those
Note: Refers to 'rātryahanī'.
पुनः (punaḥ) - again, furthermore, moreover
(indeclinable)
अहः (ahaḥ) - day
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ahan
ahan - day
तत्र (tatra) - there, in that case
(indeclinable)
उदगयनम् (udagayanam) - northern course (of the sun), northern solstice
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of udagayana
udagayana - the sun's progress to the north, northern course, summer solstice
Compound type : tatpurusha (udac+ayana)
- udac – north, northern
adjective - ayana – going, coming, course, path
noun (neuter)
Root: i (class 2)
रात्रिः (rātriḥ) - night
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of rātri
rātri - night
स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be, is
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as
Root: as (class 2)
दक्षिणायनम् (dakṣiṇāyanam) - southern course (of the sun), southern solstice
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dakṣiṇāyana
dakṣiṇāyana - the sun's progress to the south, southern course, winter solstice
Compound type : tatpurusha (dakṣiṇa+ayana)
- dakṣiṇa – south, southern, right
adjective - ayana – going, coming, course, path
noun (neuter)
Root: i (class 2)