मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-12, verse-3
शुभाशुभफलं कर्म मनोवाग्देहसंभवम ।
कर्मजा गतयो नॄणामुत्तमाधममध्यमः ॥३॥
कर्मजा गतयो नॄणामुत्तमाधममध्यमः ॥३॥
3. śubhāśubhaphalaṁ karma manovāgdehasaṁbhavam ,
karmajā gatayo nṝṇāmuttamādhamamadhyamaḥ.
karmajā gatayo nṝṇāmuttamādhamamadhyamaḥ.
3.
śubhāśubhaphalaṁ karma manovāgdehasaṃbhavam
karmajāḥ gatayaḥ nṝṇām uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ
karmajāḥ gatayaḥ nṝṇām uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ
3.
manovāgdehasaṃbhavam karma śubhāśubhaphalaṁ
nṝṇām uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ gatayaḥ karmajāḥ
nṝṇām uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ gatayaḥ karmajāḥ
3.
Actions (karma), which arise from the mind, speech, and body, yield good and bad results. The various destinies of human beings—superior, inferior, or middle—are born from these actions (karma).
Words meanings summery:
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- शुभाशुभफलं (śubhāśubhaphalaṁ) - Actions that produce both positive and negative consequences (having good and bad fruits, yielding auspicious and inauspicious results)
- कर्म (karma) - human actions (action, deed, work)
- मनोवाग्देहसंभवम् (manovāgdehasaṁbhavam) - Actions that originate from mental, verbal, and physical activities (originating from mind, speech, and body)
- कर्मजाः (karmajāḥ) - The destinies that result from past actions (born of action, originating from deeds)
- गतयः (gatayaḥ) - The various states of existence or destinies experienced by human beings (courses, paths, states, destinies)
- नॄणाम् (nṝṇām) - pertaining to human beings in general (of men, of human beings)
- उत्तमाधममध्यमाः (uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ) - referring to the three categories of destinies (gatayaḥ) (superior, inferior, and middle)
Words meanings and morphology
शुभाशुभफलं (śubhāśubhaphalaṁ) - Actions that produce both positive and negative consequences (having good and bad fruits, yielding auspicious and inauspicious results)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of śubhāśubhaphala
śubhāśubhaphala - having good and bad fruit
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śubha+aśubha+phala)
- śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful
adjective - aśubha – inauspicious, bad, evil
adjective - phala – fruit, result, consequence
noun (neuter)
Note: Agrees with 'karma'.
कर्म (karma) - human actions (action, deed, work)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of karma
karma - action, deed, work, effect of actions
Root: kṛ (class 8)
मनोवाग्देहसंभवम् (manovāgdehasaṁbhavam) - Actions that originate from mental, verbal, and physical activities (originating from mind, speech, and body)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of manovāgdehasaṃbhava
manovāgdehasaṁbhava - originating from mind, speech, and body
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (manas+vāc+deha+saṃbhava)
- manas – mind, intellect, thought
noun (neuter) - vāc – speech, word
noun (feminine)
Root: vac (class 2) - deha – body, physical form
noun (masculine) - saṃbhava – origin, birth, source, arising
noun (masculine)
Prefix: sam
Root: bhū (class 1)
Note: Agrees with 'karma'.
कर्मजाः (karmajāḥ) - The destinies that result from past actions (born of action, originating from deeds)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of karmaja
karmaja - born from action, produced by deeds
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (karma+ja)
- karma – action, deed
noun (neuter)
Root: kṛ (class 8) - ja – born, produced
adjective
derived from root jan
Root: jan (class 4)
Note: Agrees with 'gatayaḥ'.
गतयः (gatayaḥ) - The various states of existence or destinies experienced by human beings (courses, paths, states, destinies)
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, plural of gati
gati - going, motion, path, state, destiny
from root gam
Root: gam (class 1)
नॄणाम् (nṝṇām) - pertaining to human beings in general (of men, of human beings)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of nṛ
nṛ - man, human being
Note: The long 'ṝ' is a vocalic 'r'.
उत्तमाधममध्यमाः (uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ) - referring to the three categories of destinies (gatayaḥ) (superior, inferior, and middle)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of uttamādhamamadhya
uttamādhamamadhya - superior, inferior, and middle
Compound type : dvandva (uttama+adhama+madhyama)
- uttama – highest, best, superior
adjective - adhama – lowest, worst, inferior
adjective - madhyama – middle, intermediate
adjective
Note: Agrees with 'gatayaḥ'.