मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-3, verse-201
ऋषिभ्यः पितरो जाताः पितृभ्यो देवमानवाः ।
देवेभ्यस्तु जगत सर्वं चरं स्थाण्वनुपूर्वशः ॥२०१॥
देवेभ्यस्तु जगत सर्वं चरं स्थाण्वनुपूर्वशः ॥२०१॥
201. ṛṣibhyaḥ pitaro jātāḥ pitṛbhyo devamānavāḥ ,
devebhyastu jagat sarvaṁ caraṁ sthāṇvanupūrvaśaḥ.
devebhyastu jagat sarvaṁ caraṁ sthāṇvanupūrvaśaḥ.
201.
ṛṣibhyaḥ pitaraḥ jātāḥ pitṛbhyaḥ devadānavāḥ
devebhyaḥ tu jagat sarvam caram sthāṇu anupūrvaśaḥ
devebhyaḥ tu jagat sarvam caram sthāṇu anupūrvaśaḥ
201.
From the seers, the fathers were born; from the fathers, the gods and humans. From the gods, indeed, the entire moving and non-moving universe, in succession.
Words meanings summery:
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- ऋषिभ्यः (ṛṣibhyaḥ) - from the ancient seers (from the seers, from the sages)
- पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestral spirits (fathers, ancestors)
- जाताः (jātāḥ) - originated (born, produced)
- पितृभ्यः (pitṛbhyaḥ) - from the ancestral spirits (from the fathers, from the ancestors)
- देवदानवाः (devadānavāḥ) - gods and humans (here interpreted as encompassing beings) (gods and demons)
- देवेभ्यः (devebhyaḥ) - from the divinities (from the gods)
- तु (tu) - indeed, marking a contrast or emphasis (but, however, indeed)
- जगत् (jagat) - the entire universe (world, universe, moving things)
- सर्वम् (sarvam) - the whole (all, entire, whole)
- चरम् (caram) - the moving (beings) (moving, mobile)
- स्थाणु (sthāṇu) - the stationary (things) (immovable, stationary, pillar, tree)
- अनुपूर्वशः (anupūrvaśaḥ) - in unbroken succession (successively, in order)
Words meanings and morphology
ऋषिभ्यः (ṛṣibhyaḥ) - from the ancient seers (from the seers, from the sages)
(noun)
Dative, masculine, plural of ṛṣi
ṛṣi - seer, sage, poet, divine inspiration
Note: dative plural of ṛṣi
पितरः (pitaraḥ) - ancestral spirits (fathers, ancestors)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of pitṛ
pitṛ - father, ancestor
Note: nominative plural of pitṛ
जाताः (jātāḥ) - originated (born, produced)
(verb)
plural, passive, past (kta) of jan
Past Passive Participle
root jan + kta suffix
Root: jan (class 4)
Note: masculine plural past passive participle agreeing with pitaraḥ
पितृभ्यः (pitṛbhyaḥ) - from the ancestral spirits (from the fathers, from the ancestors)
(noun)
Dative, masculine, plural of pitṛ
pitṛ - father, ancestor
Note: dative plural of pitṛ
देवदानवाः (devadānavāḥ) - gods and humans (here interpreted as encompassing beings) (gods and demons)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of devadānu
devadānu - god and danu (a danu is a demon)
Compound type : copulative (deva+dānu)
- deva – god, divine being
noun (masculine) - dānu – demon, giver
noun (feminine)
Note: Nominative plural, the compound here likely refers to divinities and humans collectively.
देवेभ्यः (devebhyaḥ) - from the divinities (from the gods)
(noun)
Dative, masculine, plural of deva
deva - god, divine being, celestial
Note: dative plural of deva
तु (tu) - indeed, marking a contrast or emphasis (but, however, indeed)
(indeclinable)
Note: particle of emphasis or contrast
जगत् (jagat) - the entire universe (world, universe, moving things)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of jagat
jagat - moving, the world, universe
Present Participle
root gam + śatṛ suffix, but the form is treated as a noun
Root: gam (class 1)
Note: Nominative singular, referring to the whole universe.
सर्वम् (sarvam) - the whole (all, entire, whole)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of sarva
sarva - all, entire, whole, complete
Note: Nominative singular neuter, agreeing with jagat.
चरम् (caram) - the moving (beings) (moving, mobile)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of car
car - to move, to go, to wander
Present Participle
root car + śatṛ suffix
Root: car (class 1)
Note: Nominative singular neuter, functioning as a noun meaning 'the moving things'.
स्थाणु (sthāṇu) - the stationary (things) (immovable, stationary, pillar, tree)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sthāṇu
sthāṇu - immovable, stationary, post, pillar, tree, a fixed object
derived from root sthā (to stand)
suffix ṇu
Root: sthā (class 1)
Note: Nominative singular masculine, functioning as a noun meaning 'the stationary things'.
अनुपूर्वशः (anupūrvaśaḥ) - in unbroken succession (successively, in order)
(indeclinable)
Compound type : tatpurusha (anu+pūrva)
- anu – after, along, according to
indeclinable - pūrva – former, previous, prior
adjective (masculine)
Note: Adverbial form meaning 'successively' or 'in order'.