मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-2, verse-120
ऊर्ध्वं प्राणा ह्युत्क्रमन्ति यूनः स्थविर आयति ।
प्रत्युत्थानाभिवादाभ्यां पुनस्तान प्रतिपद्यते ॥१२०॥
प्रत्युत्थानाभिवादाभ्यां पुनस्तान प्रतिपद्यते ॥१२०॥
120. ūrdhvaṁ prāṇā hyutkramanti yūnaḥ sthavira āyati ,
pratyutthānābhivādābhyāṁ punastān pratipadyate.
pratyutthānābhivādābhyāṁ punastān pratipadyate.
120.
ūrdhvam prāṇāḥ hi utkramanti yūnaḥ sthaviraḥ āyati
| pratyutthānābhivādābhyām punaḥ tān pratipadyate
| pratyutthānābhivādābhyām punaḥ tān pratipadyate
120.
hi yūnaḥ prāṇāḥ ūrdhvam utkramanti sthaviraḥ āyati
punaḥ tān pratyutthānābhivādābhyām pratipadyate
punaḥ tān pratyutthānābhivādābhyām pratipadyate
120.
Indeed, the vital airs (prāṇa) depart upwards from a young person when an elder approaches. But through rising and saluting, one regains those vital airs.
Words meanings summery:
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- ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above
- प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ) - vital airs (prāṇa); life-breaths; living beings
- हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because
- उत्क्रमन्ति (utkramanti) - they depart, they go out, they go upwards
- यूनः (yūnaḥ) - from a young man/person
- स्थविरः (sthaviraḥ) - an elder, old man
- आयति (āyati) - he comes, approaches
- प्रत्युत्थानाभिवादाभ्याम् (pratyutthānābhivādābhyām) - by (means of) rising up and saluting
- पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore
- तान् (tān) - those vital airs (prāṇa) (those)
- प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - he obtains, regains, recovers
Words meanings and morphology
ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - upwards, above
(indeclinable)
Note: Used adverbially.
प्राणाः (prāṇāḥ) - vital airs (prāṇa); life-breaths; living beings
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of prāṇa
prāṇa - breath, vital air, life; (in plural) the five vital airs (prāṇa, apāna, vyāna, udāna, samāna)
हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for, because
(indeclinable)
उत्क्रमन्ति (utkramanti) - they depart, they go out, they go upwards
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of utkram
From root `kram` (to step, go) with prefix `ud`.
Prefix: ud
Root: kram (class 1)
यूनः (yūnaḥ) - from a young man/person
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, singular of yūvan
yūvan - young, youthful; a youth, young man
स्थविरः (sthaviraḥ) - an elder, old man
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sthavira
sthavira - old, aged, an old man, an elder
आयति (āyati) - he comes, approaches
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ā-i
From root `i` (to go) with prefix `ā`.
Prefix: ā
Root: i (class 2)
प्रत्युत्थानाभिवादाभ्याम् (pratyutthānābhivādābhyām) - by (means of) rising up and saluting
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, dual of pratyutthānābhivāda
pratyutthānābhivāda - rising to greet and saluting
Compound type : dvandva (pratyutthāna+abhivāda)
- pratyutthāna – rising up to meet, rising to one's feet
noun (neuter)
Action noun from `prati-ud-sthā`.
Prefixes: prati+ud
Root: sthā (class 1) - abhivāda – salutation, greeting, respectful address
noun (masculine)
Action noun from `abhi-vad`.
Prefix: abhi
Root: vad (class 1)
पुनः (punaḥ) - again, anew, furthermore
(indeclinable)
तान् (tān) - those vital airs (prāṇa) (those)
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, those
प्रतिपद्यते (pratipadyate) - he obtains, regains, recovers
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of pratipad
From root `pad` (to go, fall) with prefix `prati`.
Prefix: prati
Root: pad (class 4)