मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-4, verse-256
वाच्यर्था नियताः सर्वे वाङ्मूला वाग्विनिःसृताः ।
तांस्तु यः स्तेनयेद वाचं स सर्वस्तेयकृन्नरः ॥२५६॥
तांस्तु यः स्तेनयेद वाचं स सर्वस्तेयकृन्नरः ॥२५६॥
256. vācyarthā niyatāḥ sarve vāṅmūlā vāgviniḥsṛtāḥ ,
tāṁstu yaḥ stenayed vācaṁ sa sarvasteyakṛnnaraḥ.
tāṁstu yaḥ stenayed vācaṁ sa sarvasteyakṛnnaraḥ.
256.
vāk-arthyāḥ niyatāḥ sarve vāk-mūlā vāk-vinisṛtāḥ
tān tu yaḥ stenayet vācaṁ saḥ sarva-steyakṛt naraḥ
tān tu yaḥ stenayet vācaṁ saḥ sarva-steyakṛt naraḥ
256.
sarve vāk-arthyāḥ niyatāḥ vāk-mūlā vāk-vinisṛtāḥ
tu yaḥ vācaṁ stenayet saḥ naraḥ sarva-steyakṛt
tu yaḥ vācaṁ stenayet saḥ naraḥ sarva-steyakṛt
256.
All meanings are regulated by speech; speech is their root and from speech they issue forth. Whoever steals this speech, that person is the perpetrator of all theft.
Words meanings summery:
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- वाक्-अर्थ्याः (vāk-arthyāḥ) - meanings of speech (meanings of speech, word-meanings)
- नियताः (niyatāḥ) - regulated (regulated, controlled, fixed, determined)
- सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, entire, whole)
- वाक्-मूला (vāk-mūlā) - rooted in speech (rooted in speech, having speech as root)
- वाक्-विनिसृताः (vāk-vinisṛtāḥ) - issued from speech (issued from speech, originating from speech)
- तान् (tān) - them (them, those)
- तु (tu) - but (but, however, indeed)
- यः (yaḥ) - who (who, he who)
- स्तेनयेत् (stenayet) - should steal
- वाचं (vācaṁ) - speech (speech, voice, word)
- सः (saḥ) - that (he, that)
- सर्व-स्तेयकृत् (sarva-steyakṛt) - perpetrator of all theft (perpetrator of all theft, one who commits all stealing)
- नरः (naraḥ) - person (man, human being)
Words meanings and morphology
वाक्-अर्थ्याः (vāk-arthyāḥ) - meanings of speech (meanings of speech, word-meanings)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vāk-artha
vāk-artha - meaning of speech, word-meaning
compound of vāk 'speech' and artha 'meaning'
Compound type : tatpurusha (vāk+artha)
- vāk – speech, voice, word
noun (feminine) - artha – meaning, sense, purpose, wealth, object
noun (masculine)
नियताः (niyatāḥ) - regulated (regulated, controlled, fixed, determined)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of niyata
niyata - regulated, controlled, fixed, determined, bound
Past Passive Participle
From ni-√yam 'to bind, restrain, control'.
Prefix: ni
Root: yam (class 1)
सर्वे (sarve) - all (all, entire, whole)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva
sarva - all, whole, entire, every
वाक्-मूला (vāk-mūlā) - rooted in speech (rooted in speech, having speech as root)
(adjective)
Nominative, feminine, plural of vāk-mūla
vāk-mūla - rooted in speech, having speech as root
compound of vāk 'speech' and mūla 'root'
Compound type : tatpurusha (vāk+mūla)
- vāk – speech, voice, word
noun (feminine) - mūla – root, origin, basis, foundation
noun (neuter)
वाक्-विनिसृताः (vāk-vinisṛtāḥ) - issued from speech (issued from speech, originating from speech)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of vāk-vinisṛta
vāk-vinisṛta - issued from speech, originating from speech
Past Passive Participle
Compound of vāk 'speech' and visṛta 'gone forth, issued' (from vi-√sṛ 'to flow, issue').
Compound type : tatpurusha (vāk+vinisṛta)
- vāk – speech, voice, word
noun (feminine) - vinisṛta – gone forth, issued, released
noun (masculine)
Past Passive Participle
From vi-√sṛ 'to flow, issue'.
Prefix: vi
Root: sṛ (class 1)
तान् (tān) - them (them, those)
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
तु (tu) - but (but, however, indeed)
(indeclinable)
यः (yaḥ) - who (who, he who)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - who, which, what
स्तेनयेत् (stenayet) - should steal
(verb)
3rd person , active, Potential Optative (vidhiliṅ) of stenay
Causative/Derived Verb
Derived from stena 'thief', with causative suffix.
वाचं (vācaṁ) - speech (speech, voice, word)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of vāk
vāk - speech, voice, word
सः (saḥ) - that (he, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
सर्व-स्तेयकृत् (sarva-steyakṛt) - perpetrator of all theft (perpetrator of all theft, one who commits all stealing)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of sarva-steyakṛt
sarva-steyakṛt - perpetrator of all theft, one who commits all stealing
compound of sarva 'all' and steyakṛt 'thief, one who steals'
Compound type : tatpurusha (sarva+steyakṛt)
- sarva – all, whole, entire, every
adjective (masculine) - steyakṛt – thief, one who steals
noun (masculine)
compound of steya 'theft' and kṛt 'doer'
नरः (naraḥ) - person (man, human being)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of nara
nara - man, human being, male