मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-4, verse-23
वाच्येके जुह्वति प्राणं प्राणे वाचं च सर्वदा ।
वाचि प्राणे च पश्यन्तो यज्ञनिर्वृत्तिमक्षयाम ॥२३॥
वाचि प्राणे च पश्यन्तो यज्ञनिर्वृत्तिमक्षयाम ॥२३॥
23. vācyeke juhvati prāṇaṁ prāṇe vācaṁ ca sarvadā ,
vāci prāṇe ca paśyanto yajñanirvṛttimakṣayām.
vāci prāṇe ca paśyanto yajñanirvṛttimakṣayām.
23.
vāci eke juhvati prāṇaṃ prāṇe vācaṃ ca sarvadā
| vāci prāṇe ca paśyanto yajñanirvṛttim akṣayām
| vāci prāṇe ca paśyanto yajñanirvṛttim akṣayām
23.
Some always offer breath (prāṇa) into speech (vāc), and speech into breath (prāṇa), seeing in speech and breath (the means for) unending Vedic ritual (yajña).
Words meanings summery:
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- वाचि (vāci) - in speech (in speech, in words)
- एके (eke) - some (some, a few)
- जुह्वति (juhvati) - they offer (they offer, they sacrifice)
- प्राणं (prāṇaṁ) - breath (breath, life, vital air)
- प्राणे (prāṇe) - into breath (in breath, in life, in vital air)
- वाचं (vācaṁ) - speech (speech, word, voice)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always (always, always, ever)
- वाचि (vāci) - in speech (in speech, in words)
- प्राणे (prāṇe) - and in breath (in breath, in life, in vital air)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- पश्यन्तो (paśyanto) - seeing (seeing, looking)
- यज्ञ (yajña) - Vedic ritual (sacrifice, offering, worship, Vedic ritual)
- निर्वृत्तिम् (nirvṛttim) - accomplishment (accomplishment, completion, cessation, success)
- अक्षयाम् (akṣayām) - unending (imperishable, inexhaustible, eternal)
Words meanings and morphology
वाचि (vāci) - in speech (in speech, in words)
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of vāc
vāc - speech, word, voice, language
Root: vac (class 2)
एके (eke) - some (some, a few)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of eka
eka - one, a single, alone, some
जुह्वति (juhvati) - they offer (they offer, they sacrifice)
(verb)
3rd person , active, present (laṭ) of hu
present active indicative
3rd person plural, present tense, active voice
Prefix: ju
Root: hu (class 1)
प्राणं (prāṇaṁ) - breath (breath, life, vital air)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of prāṇa
prāṇa - breath, life, vital air, spirit
from root pra + an 'to breathe'
Prefix: pra
Root: an (class 1)
प्राणे (prāṇe) - into breath (in breath, in life, in vital air)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of prāṇa
prāṇa - breath, life, vital air, spirit
from root pra + an 'to breathe'
Prefix: pra
Root: an (class 1)
वाचं (vācaṁ) - speech (speech, word, voice)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of vāc
vāc - speech, word, voice, language
Root: vac (class 2)
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always (always, always, ever)
(indeclinable)
from sarva 'all' + kā 'time'
वाचि (vāci) - in speech (in speech, in words)
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of vāc
vāc - speech, word, voice, language
Root: vac (class 2)
प्राणे (prāṇe) - and in breath (in breath, in life, in vital air)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of prāṇa
prāṇa - breath, life, vital air, spirit
from root pra + an 'to breathe'
Prefix: pra
Root: an (class 1)
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
पश्यन्तो (paśyanto) - seeing (seeing, looking)
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, singular of paś
paś - to see, to look, to behold
present active participle
masculine nominative singular, from root paś 'to see'
Root: paś (class 1)
यज्ञ (yajña) - Vedic ritual (sacrifice, offering, worship, Vedic ritual)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of yajña
yajña - sacrifice, offering, worship, Vedic ritual
from root yaj 'to sacrifice'
Root: yaj (class 1)
निर्वृत्तिम् (nirvṛttim) - accomplishment (accomplishment, completion, cessation, success)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of nirvṛtti
nirvṛtti - accomplishment, completion, cessation, success, creation
from nir 'out' + vṛtti 'course, action'
Compound type : tatpurusha (nir+vṛtti)
- nir – out, without, off
indeclinable - vṛtti – course, action, conduct, mode of life, livelihood, cessation
noun (feminine)
from root vṛt 'to turn, to roll'
Root: vṛt (class 1)
अक्षयाम् (akṣayām) - unending (imperishable, inexhaustible, eternal)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of akṣaya
akṣaya - imperishable, inexhaustible, eternal, undecaying
a 'not' + kṣaya 'decay, destruction'
Compound type : nañ (a+kṣaya)
- a – not
indeclinable - kṣaya – decay, destruction, wasting, decrease, loss, end
noun (masculine)
from root kṣi 'to decay, perish'
Root: kṣi (class 6)
Note: modifies nirvṛttim