मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-3, verse-284
वसून वदन्ति तु पितॄन रुद्रांश्चैव पितामहान ।
प्रपितामहांस्तथाऽदित्यान श्रुतिरेषा सनातनी ॥२८४॥
प्रपितामहांस्तथाऽदित्यान श्रुतिरेषा सनातनी ॥२८४॥
284. vasūn vadanti tu pitṝn rudrāṁścaiva pitāmahān ,
prapitāmahāṁstathā'dityān śrutireṣā sanātanī.
prapitāmahāṁstathā'dityān śrutireṣā sanātanī.
284.
vasūn vadanti tu pitṛn rudrāṃś caiva pitāmahān |
prapitāmahāṃs tathā ’dityān śrutir eṣā sanatana
prapitāmahāṃs tathā ’dityān śrutir eṣā sanatana
284.
They say that the Vasus are the ancestors (pitṛ), the Rudras are the grandfathers (pitāmaha), and the Adityas are the great-grandfathers (prapitāmaha). This is a sanatana (eternal) śruti (Vedic text/hearing).
Words meanings summery:
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- वसून् (vasūn) - Vasus (a class of deities)
- वदन्ति (vadanti) - they say, they speak
- तु (tu) - but, however, and
- पितृन् (pitṛn) - ancestors, fathers
- रुद्रान् (rudrān) - Rudras (a class of deities, associated with Shiva)
- च (ca) - and
- एव (eva) - indeed, even, only, also
- पितामहान् (pitāmahān) - grandfathers
- प्रपितामहान् (prapitāmahān) - great-grandfathers
- तथा (tathā) - and so, and, also, thus
- अदित्यान् (adityān) - Adityas (a group of solar deities)
- श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - śruti, that which is heard, Vedic text, scripture
- एषा (eṣā) - this
- सनतन (sanatana) - eternal, perpetual, ancient
Words meanings and morphology
वसून् (vasūn) - Vasus (a class of deities)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of vasu
vasu - Vasu (a class of deities), wealth, good, jewel
वदन्ति (vadanti) - they say, they speak
(verb)
3rd person , active, present (laṭ) of vakti
Present Tense
from root √vac 'to speak' + suffix -ti.
Root: vac (class 2)
तु (tu) - but, however, and
(indeclinable)
पितृन् (pitṛn) - ancestors, fathers
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ
pitṛ - father, ancestor
रुद्रान् (rudrān) - Rudras (a class of deities, associated with Shiva)
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of rudra
rudra - Rudra (a Vedic deity, often identified with Shiva), terrible, howling
from √rud 'to cry, to roar' + suffix -ra.
Root: rud (class 1)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, even, only, also
(indeclinable)
पितामहान् (pitāmahān) - grandfathers
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of pitāmaha
pitāmaha - grandfather (father's father)
compound of pitṛ 'father' and mahat 'great'.
Compound type : tatpurusha (pitṛ+mahat)
- pitṛ – father, ancestor
noun (masculine) - mahat – great, large
adjective (neuter)
प्रपितामहान् (prapitāmahān) - great-grandfathers
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of prapitāmaha
prapitāmaha - great-grandfather (father's father's father)
compound of pra 'great, before' + pitāmaha 'grandfather'.
Compound type : tatpurusha (pra+pitāmaha)
- pra – forward, forth, before, very
indeclinable - pitāmaha – grandfather (father's father)
noun (masculine)
compound of pitṛ 'father' and mahat 'great'.
तथा (tathā) - and so, and, also, thus
(indeclinable)
compound of tad 'that' and tha (an adverbial suffix).
Compound type : avyayibhavah (tad+tha)
- tad – that, he, she, it
pronoun (neuter) - tha – adverbial suffix
indeclinable
अदित्यान् (adityān) - Adityas (a group of solar deities)
(proper noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of āditya
āditya - Aditya (a solar deity, one of the twelve sons of Aditi)
from Aditi (the mother of the gods) + suffix -ya.
श्रुतिः (śrutiḥ) - śruti, that which is heard, Vedic text, scripture
(noun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of śruti
śruti - hearing, that which is heard, Vedic scripture, knowledge
Gerund
from √śru 'to hear' + suffix -ti.
Root: śru (class 1)
एषा (eṣā) - this
(pronoun)
Nominative, feminine, singular of eṣā
eṣā - this
सनतन (sanatana) - eternal, perpetual, ancient
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sanātana
sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient, everlasting
from saha 'with' + atana 'going', implying 'always going on'.