मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-4, verse-70
न मृत्लोष्ठं च मृद्नीयान्न छिन्द्यात करजैस्तृणम ।
न कर्म निष्फलं कुर्यान्नायत्यामसुखोदयम ॥७०॥
न कर्म निष्फलं कुर्यान्नायत्यामसुखोदयम ॥७०॥
70. na mṛtloṣṭhaṁ ca mṛdnīyānna chindyāt karajaistṛṇam ,
na karma niṣphalaṁ kuryānnāyatyāmasukhodayam.
na karma niṣphalaṁ kuryānnāyatyāmasukhodayam.
70.
na mṛtlōṣṭham ca mṛdnīyāt na chindyāt karajaiḥ tr̥ṇam
na karma niṣphalam kuryāt na āyatyām asukhodayam
na karma niṣphalam kuryāt na āyatyām asukhodayam
70.
na mṛtlōṣṭham ca mṛdnīyāt na tr̥ṇam karajaiḥ chindyāt
na niṣphalam karma na āyatyām asukhodayam kuryāt
na niṣphalam karma na āyatyām asukhodayam kuryāt
70.
One should not chew dirt or clods, nor cut grass with fingernails. One should not perform fruitless actions, nor actions that lead to future unhappiness.
Words meanings summery:
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- न (na) - not
- मृत्ल्ओष्ठम् (mṛtlōṣṭham) - dirt or clods (earth and clod)
- च (ca) - and
- मृद्नीयात् (mṛdnīyāt) - should chew (should chew, should chew up)
- न (na) - not
- छिन्द्यात् (chindyāt) - should cut (should cut, should divide)
- करजैः (karajaiḥ) - with fingernails (by fingernails)
- त्र्̥णम् (tr̥ṇam) - grass (grass, straw, blade)
- न (na) - not
- कर्म (karma) - action (action, deed, work, ritual)
- निष्फलम् (niṣphalam) - fruitless (fruitless, useless, vain)
- कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - perform (should do, should make)
- न (na) - not
- आयत्याम् (āyatyām) - future (in the future, subsequently)
- असुखोदयम् (asukhodayam) - unhappiness (rise of unhappiness, arising of suffering)
Words meanings and morphology
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
मृत्ल्ओष्ठम् (mṛtlōṣṭham) - dirt or clods (earth and clod)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of mṛtlōṣṭham
mṛtlōṣṭham - earth and clod
compound of mṛt (earth, soil) + lōṣṭha (clod of earth)
Compound type : dvandva (mṛt+lōṣṭha)
- mṛt – earth, soil
noun (feminine) - lōṣṭha – clod of earth
noun (masculine)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
मृद्नीयात् (mṛdnīyāt) - should chew (should chew, should chew up)
(verb)
3rd person , active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of mṛd
Imperative
Root class 1.879
Root: mṛd (class 1)
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
छिन्द्यात् (chindyāt) - should cut (should cut, should divide)
(verb)
3rd person , active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of chid
Imperative
Root class 6.109
Root: chid (class 6)
करजैः (karajaiḥ) - with fingernails (by fingernails)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, plural of karaja
karaja - fingernail
compound of kara (hand) + ja (born from)
Compound type : tatpurusha (kara+ja)
- kara – hand
noun (masculine) - ja – born, produced
indeclinable
Suffix
from the root jan 'to be born'
Root: jan (class 2)
त्र्̥णम् (tr̥ṇam) - grass (grass, straw, blade)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tr̥ṇa
tr̥ṇa - grass, straw, blade
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
कर्म (karma) - action (action, deed, work, ritual)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of karma
karma - action, deed, work, ritual, fate
from the root kr̥ 'to do, to make'
Root: kr̥ (class 8)
निष्फलम् (niṣphalam) - fruitless (fruitless, useless, vain)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of niṣphala
niṣphala - fruitless, useless, vain
compound of nir- 'without' + phala (fruit)
Compound type : tatpurusha (nir+phala)
- nir – out, without, away
indeclinable - phala – fruit, result, benefit
noun (neuter)
कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - perform (should do, should make)
(verb)
3rd person , active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of kr̥
Imperative
Root class 8.36
Root: kr̥ (class 8)
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
आयत्याम् (āyatyām) - future (in the future, subsequently)
(noun)
Locative, feminine, singular of āyatī
āyatī - future, future time, subsequent period
Feminine form of āyata 'extended, long' relating to time.
Prefix: ā
Root: i (class 1)
असुखोदयम् (asukhodayam) - unhappiness (rise of unhappiness, arising of suffering)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of asukhodayam
asukhodayam - rise of unhappiness, arising of suffering
compound of a- (negation) + sukha (happiness) + udaya (rise, origin)
Compound type : tatpurusha (a+sukha+udaya)
- a – not, un-
indeclinable - sukha – happiness, pleasure, comfort
noun (neuter) - udaya – rise, origin, increase, emergence
noun (masculine)
from the root budh 'to awaken' or 'to rise'
Prefix: ud
Root: budh (class 1)