मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-12, verse-101
यथा जातबलो वह्निर्दहत्यार्द्रानपि द्रुमान ।
तथा दहति वेदज्ञः कर्मजं दोषमात्मनः ॥१०१॥
तथा दहति वेदज्ञः कर्मजं दोषमात्मनः ॥१०१॥
101. yathā jātabalo vahnirdahatyārdrānapi drumān ,
tathā dahati vedajñaḥ karmajaṁ doṣamātmanaḥ.
tathā dahati vedajñaḥ karmajaṁ doṣamātmanaḥ.
101.
yathā jātabalaḥ vahniḥ dahati ārdrān api drumān
tathā dahati vedajñaḥ karmajam doṣam ātmanaḥ
tathā dahati vedajñaḥ karmajam doṣam ātmanaḥ
101.
yathā jātabalaḥ vahniḥ ārdrān drumān api dahati
tathā vedajñaḥ ātmanaḥ karmajam doṣam dahati
tathā vedajñaḥ ātmanaḥ karmajam doṣam dahati
101.
Just as a powerful fire burns even wet trees, so too, one who knows the Veda consumes the impurities arising from the actions (karma) of their own self (ātman).
Words meanings summery:
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- यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, how)
- जातबलः (jātabalaḥ) - powerful, fully empowered (grown strong, powerful, fully developed strength)
- वह्निः (vahniḥ) - fire (fire, Agni (god of fire))
- दहति (dahati) - burns (he burns, it burns)
- आर्द्रान् (ārdrān) - wet (wet, moist)
- अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)
- द्रुमान् (drumān) - trees
- तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in the same way)
- दहति (dahati) - consumes (he burns, it burns)
- वेदज्ञः (vedajñaḥ) - one who knows the Veda (knower of the Veda, learned in the Veda)
- कर्मजम् (karmajam) - arising from actions (karma) (born from actions, produced by karma)
- दोषम् (doṣam) - impurities (fault, defect, sin, impurity)
- आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of their own self (ātman) (of the self, of oneself, soul)
Words meanings and morphology
यथा (yathā) - just as (just as, as, how)
(indeclinable)
जातबलः (jātabalaḥ) - powerful, fully empowered (grown strong, powerful, fully developed strength)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jātabala
jātabala - grown strong, powerful, fully developed strength
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jāta+bala)
- jāta – born, produced, arisen
adjective (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
From root jan (to be born), Past Passive Participle
Root: jan (class 4) - bala – strength, power, force
noun (neuter)
Root: bal (class 1)
Note: Agrees with vahniḥ.
वह्निः (vahniḥ) - fire (fire, Agni (god of fire))
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vahni
vahni - fire, Agni
From root vah (to carry)
Root: vah (class 1)
Note: Subject of dahati.
दहति (dahati) - burns (he burns, it burns)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dah
Present active 3rd singular
Root dah, Present tense, Active voice, 3rd person, Singular number
Root: dah (class 1)
आर्द्रान् (ārdrān) - wet (wet, moist)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, plural of ārdra
ārdra - wet, moist, fresh
Note: Agrees with drumān.
अपि (api) - even (even, also, too)
(indeclinable)
द्रुमान् (drumān) - trees
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of druma
druma - tree
Root: dru
Note: Object of dahati.
तथा (tathā) - so too (so, thus, in the same way)
(indeclinable)
Correlative to yathā
दहति (dahati) - consumes (he burns, it burns)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of dah
Present active 3rd singular
Root dah, Present tense, Active voice, 3rd person, Singular number
Root: dah (class 1)
वेदज्ञः (vedajñaḥ) - one who knows the Veda (knower of the Veda, learned in the Veda)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of vedajña
vedajña - knower of the Veda, learned in the Veda
Agent noun from jñā (to know) preceded by veda
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (veda+jña)
- veda – sacred knowledge, Veda, knowledge
noun (masculine)
From root vid (to know)
Root: vid (class 2) - jña – knowing, knower, wise
adjective (masculine)
Agent noun (from root jñā)
From root jñā (to know), suffix -ka
Root: jñā (class 9)
Note: Subject of dahati.
कर्मजम् (karmajam) - arising from actions (karma) (born from actions, produced by karma)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of karmaja
karmaja - born from actions, produced by karma
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karma+ja)
- karma – action, deed, result of action
noun (neuter)
From root kṛ (to do)
Root: kṛ (class 8) - ja – born, produced from
adjective (neuter)
suffix indicating 'born from'
From root jan (to be born)
Root: jan (class 4)
Note: Agrees with doṣam.
दोषम् (doṣam) - impurities (fault, defect, sin, impurity)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of doṣa
doṣa - fault, defect, sin, impurity
From root duṣ (to be corrupt)
Root: duṣ (class 4)
Note: Object of dahati. The adjective karmajam modifies it.
आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of their own self (ātman) (of the self, of oneself, soul)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman
ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence
Root: an (class 2)
Note: Possessive, relating to doṣam.