मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-1, verse-79
यद प्राग द्वादशसाहस्रमुदितं दैविकं युगम ।
तदेकसप्ततिगुणं मन्वन्तरमिहोच्यते ॥७९॥
तदेकसप्ततिगुणं मन्वन्तरमिहोच्यते ॥७९॥
79. yad prāg dvādaśasāhasramuditaṁ daivikaṁ yugam ,
tadekasaptatiguṇaṁ manvantaramihocyate.
tadekasaptatiguṇaṁ manvantaramihocyate.
79.
yat prāk dvādaśasāhasram uditam daivikam yugam
tat ekasaptatiguṇam manvantaram iha ucyate
tat ekasaptatiguṇam manvantaram iha ucyate
79.
yat prāk dvādaśasāhasram uditam daivikam yugam,
tat ekasaptatiguṇam manvantaram iha ucyate.
tat ekasaptatiguṇam manvantaram iha ucyate.
79.
A divine age (yuga), previously stated as twelve thousand (divine years), when multiplied by seventy-one, is here called a `manvantara` (manvantara).
Words meanings summery:
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- यत् (yat) - that (which) (which, what, that)
- प्राक् (prāk) - previously, formerly (before, previously, eastward)
- द्वादशसाहस्रम् (dvādaśasāhasram) - a duration of twelve thousand (years) (twelve thousand)
- उदितम् (uditam) - declared, stated (spoken, declared, risen)
- दैविकम् (daivikam) - divine (referring to divine measurement of time) (divine, celestial, relating to deities)
- युगम् (yugam) - a cosmic age (yuga) (age, eon, period of time)
- तत् (tat) - that (yuga) (that, it)
- एकसप्ततिगुणम् (ekasaptatiguṇam) - seventy-one times (that measure) (multiplied by seventy-one, seventy-one times)
- मन्वन्तरम् (manvantaram) - a `manvantara` (a specific cosmic time unit) (an age of Manu, a cosmic period)
- इह (iha) - in this context, in this teaching (here, in this world, in this context)
- उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is referred to as (is said, is called, is declared)
Words meanings and morphology
यत् (yat) - that (which) (which, what, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yad
yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)
Note: Relative pronoun introducing the clause.
प्राक् (prāk) - previously, formerly (before, previously, eastward)
(indeclinable)
द्वादशसाहस्रम् (dvādaśasāhasram) - a duration of twelve thousand (years) (twelve thousand)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dvādaśasāhasra
dvādaśasāhasra - twelve thousand
Compound of 'dvādaśa' (twelve) and 'sāhasra' (thousand).
Compound type : tatpurusha (dvādaśa+sāhasra)
- dvādaśa – twelve
numeral - sāhasra – a thousand, consisting of a thousand
adjective (neuter)
Note: Agrees with 'yugam'.
उदितम् (uditam) - declared, stated (spoken, declared, risen)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of udita
udita - spoken, declared, risen, produced
Past Passive Participle
Derived from verb vad (to speak, say) with prefix ud.
Prefix: ud
Root: vad (class 1)
Note: Agrees with 'yugam'.
दैविकम् (daivikam) - divine (referring to divine measurement of time) (divine, celestial, relating to deities)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of daivika
daivika - divine, celestial, godly
Derived from 'deva' (god) + ika suffix.
Note: Agrees with 'yugam'.
युगम् (yugam) - a cosmic age (yuga) (age, eon, period of time)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of yuga
yuga - age, eon, epoch, period (in Hindu cosmology)
Note: Subject of the relative clause.
तत् (tat) - that (yuga) (that, it)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it, this (correlative pronoun)
Note: Correlative pronoun referring back to 'yat yugam'.
एकसप्ततिगुणम् (ekasaptatiguṇam) - seventy-one times (that measure) (multiplied by seventy-one, seventy-one times)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of ekasaptatiguṇa
ekasaptatiguṇa - seventy-one times, multiplied by seventy-one
Compound of 'ekasaptati' (seventy-one) and 'guṇa' (multiplied by, factor).
Compound type : tatpurusha (ekasaptati+guṇa)
- ekasaptati – seventy-one
numeral (feminine) - guṇa – multiple, times, quality
noun (masculine)
Note: Predicate adjective, agreeing with 'tat'.
मन्वन्तरम् (manvantaram) - a `manvantara` (a specific cosmic time unit) (an age of Manu, a cosmic period)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of manvantara
manvantara - an age or period of a Manu (a cosmic progenitor of mankind), a specific unit of time in Hindu cosmology
Compound: manu + antara (period between Manus).
Compound type : tatpurusha (manu+antara)
- manu – Manu, a progenitor of mankind, primeval man
proper noun (masculine) - antara – interval, period, space between
noun (neuter)
Note: Predicate nominative with 'ucyate'.
इह (iha) - in this context, in this teaching (here, in this world, in this context)
(indeclinable)
उच्यते (ucyate) - is called, is referred to as (is said, is called, is declared)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac
Root: vac (class 2)