मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-1, verse-69
चत्वार्याहुः सहस्राणि वर्षाणां तत कृतं युगम ।
तस्य तावत्शती संध्या संध्यांशश्च तथाविधः ॥६९॥
तस्य तावत्शती संध्या संध्यांशश्च तथाविधः ॥६९॥
69. catvāryāhuḥ sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṁ tat kṛtaṁ yugam ,
tasya tāvatśatī saṁdhyā saṁdhyāṁśaśca tathāvidhaḥ.
tasya tāvatśatī saṁdhyā saṁdhyāṁśaśca tathāvidhaḥ.
69.
catvāri āhuḥ sahasrāṇi varṣāṇām tat kṛtam yugam |
tasya tāvatśatī sandhyā sandhyāṃśaḥ ca tathāvidhaḥ
tasya tāvatśatī sandhyā sandhyāṃśaḥ ca tathāvidhaḥ
69.
āhuḥ tat kṛtam yugam catvāri sahasrāṇi varṣāṇām
tasya sandhyā tāvatśatī ca sandhyāṃśaḥ tathāvidhaḥ
tasya sandhyā tāvatśatī ca sandhyāṃśaḥ tathāvidhaḥ
69.
They state that the Kṛta Yuga consists of four thousand years. Its transitional dawn (sandhyā) lasts for four hundred years, and its transitional dusk (sandhyāṃśa) is of a similar duration.
Words meanings summery:
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- चत्वारि (catvāri) - four
- आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they speak
- सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
- वर्षाणाम् (varṣāṇām) - of years
- तत् (tat) - that, then
- कृतम् (kṛtam) - the Kṛta Yuga, the first of the four ages (made, done, the Kṛta (Yuga))
- युगम् (yugam) - age, epoch, yuga
- तस्य (tasya) - of the Kṛta Yuga (of it, its)
- तावत्शती (tāvatśatī) - four hundred years, in accordance with the four thousand main years (so many hundreds (i.e., four hundred))
- सन्ध्या (sandhyā) - the dawn period of a yuga, a transitional phase (junction, dawn, twilight period)
- सन्ध्यांशः (sandhyāṁśaḥ) - the dusk period of a yuga, a transitional phase similar to the dawn (part of the twilight, dusk, transitional period)
- च (ca) - and
- तथाविधः (tathāvidhaḥ) - of a similar duration (four hundred years) (of such a kind, similar)
Words meanings and morphology
चत्वारि (catvāri) - four
(numeral adjective)
आहुः (āhuḥ) - they say, they speak
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, perfect (lit) of ā-√hu
Prefix: ā
Root: √hu (class 3)
सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands
(noun)
neuter, plural of sahasra
sahasra - thousand
वर्षाणाम् (varṣāṇām) - of years
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, plural of varṣa
varṣa - year, rain
तत् (tat) - that, then
(pronoun)
neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
Note: Here used as an adjective agreeing with 'yugam'.
कृतम् (kṛtam) - the Kṛta Yuga, the first of the four ages (made, done, the Kṛta (Yuga))
(adjective)
neuter, singular of kṛta
kṛta - done, made, performed; good deed; the Kṛta (Yuga)
Past Passive Participle
Derived from √kṛ 'to do, to make'
Root: √kṛ (class 8)
युगम् (yugam) - age, epoch, yuga
(noun)
neuter, singular of yuga
yuga - age, epoch, yoke, pair
तस्य (tasya) - of the Kṛta Yuga (of it, its)
(pronoun)
Genitive, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
तावत्शती (tāvatśatī) - four hundred years, in accordance with the four thousand main years (so many hundreds (i.e., four hundred))
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, singular of tāvatśata
tāvatśata - so many hundreds
Compound type : karmadhāraya (tāvat+śata)
- tāvat – so much, so many
indeclinable - śata – hundred
noun (neuter)
Note: Agrees with 'sandhyā'.
सन्ध्या (sandhyā) - the dawn period of a yuga, a transitional phase (junction, dawn, twilight period)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of sandhyā
sandhyā - junction, twilight, dawn, dusk, connection
सन्ध्यांशः (sandhyāṁśaḥ) - the dusk period of a yuga, a transitional phase similar to the dawn (part of the twilight, dusk, transitional period)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sandhyāṃśa
sandhyāṁśa - part of the twilight, a portion of the junction period
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sandhyā+aṃśa)
- sandhyā – junction, twilight, dawn, dusk
noun (feminine) - aṃśa – part, share, portion
noun (masculine)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
तथाविधः (tathāvidhaḥ) - of a similar duration (four hundred years) (of such a kind, similar)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tathāvidha
tathāvidha - of such a kind, similar, like that
Compound type : bahuvrihi (tathā+vidha)
- tathā – so, thus, in that manner
indeclinable - vidha – kind, sort, manner
noun (masculine)
Note: Agrees with 'sandhyāṃśaḥ'.