मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-11, verse-75
जपन वाऽन्यतमं वेदं योजनानां शतं व्रजेत ।
ब्रह्महत्यापनोदाय मितभुज्ञियतेन्द्रियः ॥७५॥
ब्रह्महत्यापनोदाय मितभुज्ञियतेन्द्रियः ॥७५॥
75. japan vā'nyatamaṁ vedaṁ yojanānāṁ śataṁ vrajet ,
brahmahatyāpanodāya mitabhujñiyatendriyaḥ.
brahmahatyāpanodāya mitabhujñiyatendriyaḥ.
75.
japan vā anyatamam vedam yojanānām śatam vrajet
brahmahatyāpanodāya mitabhuk niyatendriyaḥ
brahmahatyāpanodāya mitabhuk niyatendriyaḥ
75.
mitabhuk niyatendriyaḥ vā anyatamam vedam japan
brahmahatyāpanodāya yojanānām śatam vrajet
brahmahatyāpanodāya yojanānām śatam vrajet
75.
With senses controlled and eating moderately, one should recite any one of the (Vedic) texts and walk a hundred yojanas, for the expiation of the sin of brahmin-killing (brahmahatyā).
Words meanings summery:
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- जपन् (japan) - muttering, reciting, remembering
- वा (vā) - or, either
- अन्यतमम् (anyatamam) - any one, one of many
- वेदम् (vedam) - Veda, sacred knowledge, knowledge
- योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas (a measure of distance, roughly 8-15 km)
- शतम् (śatam) - a hundred
- व्रजेत् (vrajet) - he should go, he should walk
- ब्रह्महत्यापनोदाय (brahmahatyāpanodāya) - for the removal of brahmin-killing, for expiation of brahminicide
- मितभुक् (mitabhuk) - eating moderately, abstemious
- नियतेन्द्रियः (niyatendriyaḥ) - with controlled senses, having subdued senses
Words meanings and morphology
जपन् (japan) - muttering, reciting, remembering
(verbal derivative)
वा (vā) - or, either
(indeclinable)
अन्यतमम् (anyatamam) - any one, one of many
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of anyatama
anyatama - any one of several, one of many
वेदम् (vedam) - Veda, sacred knowledge, knowledge
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of veda
veda - Veda, sacred knowledge, knowledge
Root: vid (class 2)
योजनानाम् (yojanānām) - of yojanas (a measure of distance, roughly 8-15 km)
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, plural of yojana
yojana - a measure of distance (approx. 8-15 km), yoking, joining
Root: yuj (class 7)
शतम् (śatam) - a hundred
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of śata
śata - a hundred
व्रजेत् (vrajet) - he should go, he should walk
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vraj
Root: vraj (class 1)
ब्रह्महत्यापनोदाय (brahmahatyāpanodāya) - for the removal of brahmin-killing, for expiation of brahminicide
(noun)
Dative, masculine, singular of brahmahatyāpanoda
brahmahatyāpanoda - removal of brahmin-killing, expiation of brahminicide
Compound type : tatpurusha (brahmahatyā+apanoda)
- brahmahatyā – killing of a brahmin, brahminicide
noun (feminine) - apanoda – removal, expiation, warding off
noun (masculine)
Prefix: apa
Root: nud (class 6)
मितभुक् (mitabhuk) - eating moderately, abstemious
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of mitabhuj
mitabhuj - eating moderately, abstemious
Compound type : bahuvrihi (mita+bhuj)
- mita – measured, moderate, limited
verbal derivative (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
past passive participle of √mā (to measure)
Root: mā (class 2) - bhuj – one who eats, enjoying, consuming
verbal derivative (masculine)
derived from √bhuj (to eat, enjoy)
Root: bhuj (class 7)
नियतेन्द्रियः (niyatendriyaḥ) - with controlled senses, having subdued senses
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of niyatendriya
niyatendriya - with controlled senses, having subdued senses
Compound type : bahuvrihi (niyata+indriya)
- niyata – restrained, controlled, regulated
verbal derivative (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
past passive participle of √yam with prefix ni
Prefix: ni
Root: yam (class 1) - indriya – sense organ, faculty, power
noun (neuter)