मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-5, verse-29
चराणामन्नमचरा दंष्ट्रिणामप्यदंष्ट्रिणः ।
अहस्ताश्च सहस्तानां शूराणां चैव भीरवः ॥२९॥
अहस्ताश्च सहस्तानां शूराणां चैव भीरवः ॥२९॥
29. carāṇāmannamacarā daṁṣṭriṇāmapyadaṁṣṭriṇaḥ ,
ahastāśca sahastānāṁ śūrāṇāṁ caiva bhīravaḥ.
ahastāśca sahastānāṁ śūrāṇāṁ caiva bhīravaḥ.
29.
carāṇāmamacará daṃṣṭriṇāmapyadāṃṣṭriṇaḥ
ahastāśca sahastānāṃ śūrāṇāṃ caiva bhīravaḥ
ahastāśca sahastānāṃ śūrāṇāṃ caiva bhīravaḥ
29.
The immobile are food for the moving; the toothless for the toothed; the arm-less for the armed; the timid for the brave.
Words meanings summery:
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- चराणाम् (carāṇām) - of the moving ones (of the moving ones, of the mobile beings)
- अन्नम् (annam) - food
- अचरह् (acarah) - the immobile (immobile, stationary)
- दंष्ट्रिणाम् (daṁṣṭriṇām) - of the toothed (of the toothed ones)
- अपि (api) - and (and, also, even)
- अदंस्त्रिणः (adaṁstriṇaḥ) - the toothless (toothless, without teeth)
- अहस्ताः (ahastāḥ) - the arm-less (armless, without hands)
- च (ca) - and (and, also, even)
- सहस्तानाम् (sahastānām) - the armed (of the armed ones, with hands)
- शूराणाम् (śūrāṇām) - of the brave (of the brave, of the heroic)
- च (ca) - and (and, also, even)
- एव (eva) - and (indeed, only, even)
- भीरवः (bhīravaḥ) - the timid (timid, fearful)
Words meanings and morphology
चराणाम् (carāṇām) - of the moving ones (of the moving ones, of the mobile beings)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, plural of cara
cara - moving, mobile, animate
Derived from the root car 'to move' with suffix -a.
Root: car (class 1)
अन्नम् (annam) - food
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of anna
anna - food, grain
अचरह् (acarah) - the immobile (immobile, stationary)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of acala
acala - immobile, stationary, not moving
Prefix 'a-' negating 'cala' (moving).
Prefix: a
Root: cal (class 1)
दंष्ट्रिणाम् (daṁṣṭriṇām) - of the toothed (of the toothed ones)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of daṃṣṭrin
daṁṣṭrin - toothed, having teeth
Derived from daṃṣṭrā 'tooth' with suffix -in.
अपि (api) - and (and, also, even)
(indeclinable)
अदंस्त्रिणः (adaṁstriṇaḥ) - the toothless (toothless, without teeth)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of adaṃṣṭrin
adaṁṣṭrin - toothless, without teeth
Prefix 'a-' negating 'daṃṣṭrin'.
अहस्ताः (ahastāḥ) - the arm-less (armless, without hands)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of ahasta
ahasta - armless, without hands
Prefix 'a-' negating 'hasta' (hand).
च (ca) - and (and, also, even)
(indeclinable)
सहस्तानाम् (sahastānām) - the armed (of the armed ones, with hands)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, plural of sahasta
sahasta - having hands, armed
Compound of saha 'with' and hasta 'hand'.
Compound type : avyayibhava (saha+hasta)
- saha – with, together with
indeclinable - hasta – hand
noun (masculine)
शूराणाम् (śūrāṇām) - of the brave (of the brave, of the heroic)
(adjective)
Genitive, masculine, plural of śūra
śūra - brave, heroic, valiant
च (ca) - and (and, also, even)
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - and (indeed, only, even)
(indeclinable)
भीरवः (bhīravaḥ) - the timid (timid, fearful)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, plural of bhīru
bhīru - timid, fearful, cowardly
Related to the root bhī 'to fear'.
Root: bhī (class 3)