मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-5, verse-55
मां स भक्षयिताऽमुत्र यस्य मांसमिहाद म्यहम ।
एतत्मांसस्य मांसत्वं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ॥५५॥
एतत्मांसस्य मांसत्वं प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः ॥५५॥
55. māṁ sa bhakṣayitā'mutra yasya māṁsamihād myaham ,
etatmāṁsasya māṁsatvaṁ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ.
etatmāṁsasya māṁsatvaṁ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ.
55.
māṃ sa bhakṣayitā amutra yasya māṃsam ihādam aham
etāt māṃsasya māṃsatvam pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ
etāt māṃsasya māṃsatvam pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ
55.
yasya māṃsam aham ihādam saḥ amutra māṃ bhakṣayitā
pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ etāt māṃsasya māṃsatvam
pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ etāt māṃsasya māṃsatvam
55.
He who eats my flesh here will be eaten by me in the next world. The wise explain that this is the true meaning of flesh (māṃsa).
Words meanings summery:
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- मां (māṁ) - me
- सः (saḥ) - he
- भक्षयिता (bhakṣayitā) - one who will eat
- अमुत्र (amutra) - in the next world
- यस्य (yasya) - whose
- मांसम् (māṁsam) - flesh
- इह (iha) - here
- आदम् (ādam) - I eat
- अहम् (aham) - I
- एतात् (etāt) - of this
- मांसस्य (māṁsasya) - of flesh
- मांसत्वम् (māṁsatvam) - the state of being flesh
- प्रवदन्ति (pravadanti) - they say, they state
- मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - wise ones
Words meanings and morphology
मां (māṁ) - me
(pronoun)
Accusative, singular of māṃ
māṁ - me
सः (saḥ) - he
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of saḥ
saḥ - he, that
भक्षयिता (bhakṣayitā) - one who will eat
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of bhakṣayitṛ
bhakṣayitṛ - eater
future active participle
from root √bhakṣ (to eat) + causative suffix -aya + agentive suffix -tṛ
Root: bhakṣ (class 10)
अमुत्र (amutra) - in the next world
(indeclinable)
यस्य (yasya) - whose
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine,feminine,neuter, singular of yasya
yasya - whose, of whom
मांसम् (māṁsam) - flesh
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of māṃsa
māṁsa - flesh, meat
इह (iha) - here
(indeclinable)
आदम् (ādam) - I eat
(verb)
1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ādam
present tense, active voice
from root √ad (to eat)
Prefix: ā
Root: ad (class 2)
अहम् (aham) - I
(pronoun)
Nominative, singular of aham
aham - I
एतात् (etāt) - of this
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine,feminine,neuter, singular of etāt
etāt - of this
मांसस्य (māṁsasya) - of flesh
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, singular of māṃsa
māṁsa - flesh, meat
मांसत्वम् (māṁsatvam) - the state of being flesh
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of māṃsatva
māṁsatva - the state of being flesh
formed by adding '-tva' suffix to 'māṃsa'
Compound type : tatpurusha (māṃsa+tva)
- māṃsa – flesh, meat
noun (neuter) - tva – state of being, -ness
indeclinable
प्रवदन्ति (pravadanti) - they say, they state
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of pravad
present tense, active voice
from root √vad (to speak) with prefix pra-
Prefix: pra
Root: vad (class 2)
मनीषिणः (manīṣiṇaḥ) - wise ones
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of manīṣin
manīṣin - wise, intelligent, sagacious
derived from 'manīṣā' (intellect, wisdom)