मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-2, verse-89
एकादशेन्द्रियाण्याहुर्यानि पूर्वे मनीषिणः ।
तानि सम्यक प्रवक्ष्यामि यथावदनुपूर्वशः ॥८९॥
तानि सम्यक प्रवक्ष्यामि यथावदनुपूर्वशः ॥८९॥
89. ekādaśendriyāṇyāhuryāni pūrve manīṣiṇaḥ ,
tāni samyak pravakṣyāmi yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ.
tāni samyak pravakṣyāmi yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ.
89.
ekādaśendriyāṇi āhuḥ yāni pūrve manīṣiṇaḥ
tāni samyak pravakṣyāmi yathāvat anupūrvaśaḥ
tāni samyak pravakṣyāmi yathāvat anupūrvaśaḥ
89.
pūrve manīṣiṇaḥ yāni ekādaśendriyāṇi āhuḥ
tāni samyak yathāvat anupūrvaśaḥ pravakṣyāmi
tāni samyak yathāvat anupūrvaśaḥ pravakṣyāmi
89.
The ancient wise ones (manīṣiṇaḥ) declare that there are eleven senses (indriyāṇi). I will explain those (senses) thoroughly and in their proper sequence.
Words meanings summery:
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- एकादशेन्द्रियाणि (ekādaśendriyāṇi) - the eleven senses (eleven senses)
- आहुः (āhuḥ) - they declare (they say, they declare)
- यानि (yāni) - which (senses) (which, whatsoever)
- पूर्वे (pūrve) - the ancient (sages) (former, ancient, prior)
- मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - wise ones, sages (wise men, sages, intelligent ones)
- तानि (tāni) - those (senses) (those)
- सम्यक् (samyak) - thoroughly (properly, completely, thoroughly)
- प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I will explain (I will declare, I will explain)
- यथावत् (yathāvat) - as it should be, correctly (as it should be, duly, correctly, in proper manner)
- अनुपूर्वशः (anupūrvaśaḥ) - in proper sequence (in due order, successively, in proper sequence)
Words meanings and morphology
एकादशेन्द्रियाणि (ekādaśendriyāṇi) - the eleven senses (eleven senses)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of ekādaśendriya
ekādaśendriya - eleven senses
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ekādaśa+indriya)
- ekādaśa – eleven
numeral - indriya – sense organ, faculty of sense
noun (neuter)
Note: Object of 'āhuḥ'.
आहुः (āhuḥ) - they declare (they say, they declare)
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (liṭ) of ah
Irregular perfect form used in present sense.
Root: ah (class 2)
Note: Subject is 'pūrve manīṣiṇaḥ'.
यानि (yāni) - which (senses) (which, whatsoever)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of yad
yad - which, what, who
Note: Refers to 'ekādaśendriyāṇi'.
पूर्वे (pūrve) - the ancient (sages) (former, ancient, prior)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pūrva
pūrva - former, prior, ancient, eastern
मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - wise ones, sages (wise men, sages, intelligent ones)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of manīṣin
manīṣin - wise, intelligent, sagacious, a sage, a wise person
From manīṣā (wisdom, thought)
तानि (tāni) - those (senses) (those)
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of tad
tad - that, those, he, she, it
Note: Refers back to 'ekādaśendriyāṇi'.
सम्यक् (samyak) - thoroughly (properly, completely, thoroughly)
(indeclinable)
Note: Modifies 'pravakṣyāmi'.
प्रवक्ष्यामि (pravakṣyāmi) - I will explain (I will declare, I will explain)
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of pravac
From root vac with upasarga pra-
Prefix: pra
Root: vac (class 2)
Note: Speaker is the author/narrator.
यथावत् (yathāvat) - as it should be, correctly (as it should be, duly, correctly, in proper manner)
(indeclinable)
अनुपूर्वशः (anupūrvaśaḥ) - in proper sequence (in due order, successively, in proper sequence)
(indeclinable)
Suffix -śaḥ for adverbial meaning 'in order'