मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-6, verse-48
क्रुद्ध्यन्तं न प्रतिक्रुध्येदाक्रुष्टः कुशलं वदेत ।
सप्तद्वारावकीर्णां च न वाचमनृतां वदेत ॥४८॥
सप्तद्वारावकीर्णां च न वाचमनृतां वदेत ॥४८॥
48. kruddhyantaṁ na pratikrudhyedākruṣṭaḥ kuśalaṁ vadet ,
saptadvārāvakīrṇāṁ ca na vācamanṛtāṁ vadet.
saptadvārāvakīrṇāṁ ca na vācamanṛtāṁ vadet.
48.
kruddhyantaṃ na pratikrudhyedākruṣṭaḥ kuśalaṃ
vadet | saptadvārāvakīrṇāṃ ca na vācam anṛtāṃ vadet
vadet | saptadvārāvakīrṇāṃ ca na vācam anṛtāṃ vadet
48.
One should not get angry at an angry person, but should speak well when spoken to harshly. And one should not utter falsehoods through the seven gates (of the body).
Words meanings summery:
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- क्रुद्ध्यन्तम् (kruddhyantam) - an angry person (becoming angry, enraged)
- न (na) - not
- प्रतिक्रुध्येत् (pratikrudhyet) - should get angry in return (should be angry in return, should retaliate with anger)
- आक्रुष्टः (ākruṣṭaḥ) - when spoken to harshly (one who has been reviled, one who has been insulted)
- कुशलम् (kuśalam) - well (welfare, well-being, good, skill, cleverness)
- वदेत् (vadet) - should speak (should speak, should say)
- सप्त (sapta) - seven
- द्वारा (dvārā) - gates (door, gate, opening)
- अवकीर्णां (avakīrṇāṁ) - covered (by speech) (covered, surrounded, pervaded)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- न (na) - not
- वाचम् (vācam) - speech (speech, voice, word)
- अनृताम् (anṛtām) - false (untrue, false)
- वदेत् (vadet) - should utter (should speak, should say)
Words meanings and morphology
क्रुद्ध्यन्तम् (kruddhyantam) - an angry person (becoming angry, enraged)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of kruddhyat
kruddhyat - becoming angry, enraged
Present Participle
from root krudh 'to be angry'
Root: krudh (class 1)
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
प्रतिक्रुध्येत् (pratikrudhyet) - should get angry in return (should be angry in return, should retaliate with anger)
(verb)
3rd person , active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pratikrudh
Present
from root krudh 'to be angry' with prefix prati
Prefix: prati
Root: krudh (class 1)
आक्रुष्टः (ākruṣṭaḥ) - when spoken to harshly (one who has been reviled, one who has been insulted)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of ākruṣṭa
ākruṣṭa - reviled, insulted, abused
Past Passive Participle
from root kruś 'to cry out, to shout' with prefix ā
Prefix: ā
Root: kruś (class 1)
कुशलम् (kuśalam) - well (welfare, well-being, good, skill, cleverness)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of kuśala
kuśala - skillful, clever, good, welfare, prosperity
from root śal 'to move' with prefix ku 'bad' forming an opposite, or from ku 'earth' + śal 'moving'
वदेत् (vadet) - should speak (should speak, should say)
(verb)
3rd person , active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vad
Present
root vad
Root: vad (class 2)
सप्त (sapta) - seven
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of sapta
sapta - seven
द्वारा (dvārā) - gates (door, gate, opening)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of dvāra
dvāra - door, gate, portal, entrance
related to root dṝ 'to split, to break'
अवकीर्णां (avakīrṇāṁ) - covered (by speech) (covered, surrounded, pervaded)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of avakīrṇa
avakīrṇa - scattered, spread, covered, pervaded
Past Passive Participle
from root kṝ 'to scatter' with prefix ava
Prefix: ava
Root: kṝ (class 1)
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
वाचम् (vācam) - speech (speech, voice, word)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of vāk
vāk - speech, voice, word, utterance
from root vac 'to speak'
Root: vac (class 2)
अनृताम् (anṛtām) - false (untrue, false)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of anṛta
anṛta - untrue, false, not real
from rta 'truth, order' with prefix an 'not'
वदेत् (vadet) - should utter (should speak, should say)
(verb)
3rd person , active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vad
Present
root vad
Root: vad (class 2)