मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-5, verse-52
स्वमांसं परमांसेन यो वर्धयितुमिच्छति ।
अनभ्यर्च्य पितॄन देवांस्ततोऽन्यो नास्त्यपुण्यकृत ॥५२॥
अनभ्यर्च्य पितॄन देवांस्ततोऽन्यो नास्त्यपुण्यकृत ॥५२॥
52. svamāṁsaṁ paramāṁsena yo vardhayitumicchati ,
anabhyarcya pitṝn devāṁstato'nyo nāstyapuṇyakṛt.
anabhyarcya pitṝn devāṁstato'nyo nāstyapuṇyakṛt.
52.
svamāṃsaṃ paramāṃsena yo vardhayitumicchati anabhryarcya pitṛn devāṃs tato.
anyo nāstyapuṇyakṛt
anyo nāstyapuṇyakṛt
52.
Whoever desires to increase their own flesh by means of another's flesh, without honoring the ancestors (pitṛ) and the gods (deva), there is no sinner greater than that person.
Words meanings summery:
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- स्वमांसम् (svamāṁsam) - one's own flesh
- परमांसेन (paramāṁsena) - by the flesh of another [being] (by the flesh of another)
- यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, which, that)
- वर्धयितुम् (vardhayitum) - to increase [one's own flesh] (to increase, to augment)
- इच्छति (icchati) - desires (wishes, desires, wants)
- अनभ्र्यर्च्य (anabhryarcya) - without honoring [them] (without honoring, without worshipping)
- पितृन् (pitṛn) - ancestors (pitṛ) (fathers, ancestors)
- देवान् (devān) - gods (deva) (gods, deities)
- ततः (tataḥ) - from that [act], therefore (from that, then, thereafter)
- अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other [person] (other, another)
- न (na) - not
- अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)
- अपुण्यकृत् (apuṇyakṛt) - sinner, one who commits unrighteous deeds (unrighteous, one who does unrighteous deeds)
Words meanings and morphology
स्वमांसम् (svamāṁsam) - one's own flesh
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of svamāṃsa
svamāṁsa - one's own flesh
compound of sva (own) and māṃsa (flesh)
Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+māṃsa)
- sva – one's own, self
pronoun (neuter) - māṃsa – flesh, meat
noun (neuter)
परमांसेन (paramāṁsena) - by the flesh of another [being] (by the flesh of another)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of paramāṃsa
paramāṁsa - flesh of another
compound of para (other, another) and māṃsa (flesh)
Compound type : tatpurusha (para+māṃsa)
- para – other, another, foreign
adjective (masculine) - māṃsa – flesh, meat
noun (neuter)
यः (yaḥ) - whoever (who, which, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yad
yad - which, that, who
वर्धयितुम् (vardhayitum) - to increase [one's own flesh] (to increase, to augment)
(indeclinable)
Causative Infinitive
infinitive form of the causative of the root √vṛdh (to grow, to increase)
Root: vṛdh (class 4)
इच्छति (icchati) - desires (wishes, desires, wants)
(verb)
3rd person , active, present (laṭ) of iṣ
Present Tense
from the root √iṣ (to wish) in the present tense, 3rd person singular
Root: iṣ (class 2)
अनभ्र्यर्च्य (anabhryarcya) - without honoring [them] (without honoring, without worshipping)
(indeclinable)
Negative Gerund (Iryat)
formed from the root √arc (to worship, to honor) with the prefix anu- (after, along), negation a-, and the suffix -ya (gerundive suffix, here functioning as a negative gerund)
Prefix: anu
Root: arc (class 2)
पितृन् (pitṛn) - ancestors (pitṛ) (fathers, ancestors)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ
pitṛ - father, ancestor
देवान् (devān) - gods (deva) (gods, deities)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of deva
deva - god, deity, divine being
ततः (tataḥ) - from that [act], therefore (from that, then, thereafter)
(indeclinable)
ablative form of the pronoun tad (that)
अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other [person] (other, another)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of anya
anya - other, another
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
अस्ति (asti) - exists (is, exists)
(verb)
3rd person , active, present (laṭ) of as
Present Tense
from the root √as (to be) in the present tense, 3rd person singular
Root: as (class 2)
अपुण्यकृत् (apuṇyakṛt) - sinner, one who commits unrighteous deeds (unrighteous, one who does unrighteous deeds)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of apuṇyakṛt
apuṇyakṛt - unrighteous, one who does unrighteous deeds
compound of a- (negation) + puṇya (merit, virtue) + kṛt (doer)
Compound type : avyayibhavana (a+puṇya+kṛt)
- a – not, un-
prefix - puṇya – merit, virtue, righteous
noun (neuter) - kṛt – doer, maker
noun (masculine)
Agentive Suffix
from root √kṛ (to do) + suffix -t
Root: kṛ (class 8)