मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-12, verse-59
हिंस्रा भवन्ति क्रव्यादाः कृमयोऽमेध्यभक्षिणः ।
परस्परादिनः स्तेनाः प्रेत्यान्त्यस्त्रीनिषेविणः ॥५९॥
परस्परादिनः स्तेनाः प्रेत्यान्त्यस्त्रीनिषेविणः ॥५९॥
59. hiṁsrā bhavanti kravyādāḥ kṛmayo'medhyabhakṣiṇaḥ ,
parasparādinaḥ stenāḥ pretyāntyastrīniṣeviṇaḥ.
parasparādinaḥ stenāḥ pretyāntyastrīniṣeviṇaḥ.
59.
hiṃsrāḥ bhavanti kravyādāḥ kṛmayaḥ amedhyabhakṣiṇaḥ
paraspārādinaḥ stenāḥ pretya antya-strī-niṣeviṇaḥ
paraspārādinaḥ stenāḥ pretya antya-strī-niṣeviṇaḥ
59.
hiṃsrāḥ kravyādāḥ bhavanti kṛmayaḥ amedhyabhakṣiṇaḥ
stenāḥ pretya antya-strī-niṣeviṇaḥ paraspārādinaḥ
stenāḥ pretya antya-strī-niṣeviṇaḥ paraspārādinaḥ
59.
Violent individuals are reborn as flesh-eaters. (Sinners become) worms that consume impure things. Thieves and those who, after death, associate with women of the lowest class, become creatures that mutually devour each other.
Words meanings summery:
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- हिंस्राः (hiṁsrāḥ) - those who commit violence (violent, injurious (ones))
- भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they are reborn as (they become, they are born)
- क्रव्यादाः (kravyādāḥ) - flesh-eaters, carnivores
- कृमयः (kṛmayaḥ) - worms, insects
- अमेध्यभक्षिणः (amedhyabhakṣiṇaḥ) - eaters of impure things
- परस्पारादिनः (paraspārādinaḥ) - creatures that devour one another (mutually devouring, eating each other)
- स्तेनाः (stenāḥ) - thieves
- प्रेत्य (pretya) - after dying, having died
- अन्त्य-स्त्री-निषेविणः (antya-strī-niṣeviṇaḥ) - those who consort with women of the lowest class
Words meanings and morphology
हिंस्राः (hiṁsrāḥ) - those who commit violence (violent, injurious (ones))
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of hiṃsra
hiṁsra - injurious, violent, mischievous
Root: hiṃs (class 7)
भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they are reborn as (they become, they are born)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)
क्रव्यादाः (kravyādāḥ) - flesh-eaters, carnivores
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of kravyādin
kravyādin - flesh-eater, carnivorous
कृमयः (kṛmayaḥ) - worms, insects
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of kṛmi
kṛmi - worm, insect
अमेध्यभक्षिणः (amedhyabhakṣiṇaḥ) - eaters of impure things
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of amedhyabhakṣin
amedhyabhakṣin - one who eats impure things
Compound type : tatpurusha (amedhya+bhakṣin)
- amedhya – impure, unholy
adjective (neuter) - bhakṣin – eater, consumer
noun
agent noun from root bhakṣ
Root: bhakṣ (class 1)
परस्पारादिनः (paraspārādinaḥ) - creatures that devour one another (mutually devouring, eating each other)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of paraspārādin
paraspārādin - eating each other, mutually devouring
Compound type : bahuvrihi (paraspara+adin)
- paraspara – mutual, each other
pronoun (neuter) - ādin – eating, consumer
adjective
agent noun from root ad with prefix ā
Prefix: ā
Root: ad (class 2)
स्तेनाः (stenāḥ) - thieves
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of stena
stena - thief, robber
प्रेत्य (pretya) - after dying, having died
(indeclinable)
absolutive
absolutive of pra-i (to go forth)
Prefix: pra
Root: i (class 2)
अन्त्य-स्त्री-निषेविणः (antya-strī-niṣeviṇaḥ) - those who consort with women of the lowest class
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of antyastrīniṣevin
antyastrīniṣevin - one who consorts with women of the lowest class
Compound type : tatpurusha (antya+strī+niṣevin)
- antya – last, lowest, meanest
adjective (masculine) - strī – woman, wife
noun (feminine) - niṣevin – one who serves, partakes, consorts with
adjective
agent noun from ni-sev (to serve, associate with)
Prefix: ni
Root: sev (class 1)