मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-6, verse-93
दश लक्षणानि धर्मस्य ये विप्राः समधीयते ।
अधीत्य चानुवर्तन्ते ते यान्ति परमां गतिम ॥९३॥
अधीत्य चानुवर्तन्ते ते यान्ति परमां गतिम ॥९३॥
93. daśa lakṣaṇāni dharmasya ye viprāḥ samadhīyate ,
adhītya cānuvartante te yānti paramāṁ gatim.
adhītya cānuvartante te yānti paramāṁ gatim.
93.
daśa lakṣaṇāni dharmasya ye viprāḥ samadhīyate
adhītya ca anuvartante te yānti paramām gatim
adhītya ca anuvartante te yānti paramām gatim
93.
Those twice-born persons (vipra) who study these ten characteristics of the natural law (dharma), and after studying them, follow them, they attain the highest destination.
Words meanings summery:
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- दश (daśa) - ten
- लक्षणानि (lakṣaṇāni) - characteristics (marks, signs, characteristics)
- धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of the natural law (dharma) (of the natural law, of duty, of virtue)
- ये (ye) - who (who, which)
- विप्राः (viprāḥ) - twice-born persons (vipra) (twice-born persons, Brahmins)
- समधीयते (samadhīyate) - study (study, learn thoroughly)
- अधीत्य (adhītya) - after studying (having studied, after studying)
- च (ca) - and
- अनुवर्तन्ते (anuvartante) - follow (follow, adhere to, obey)
- ते (te) - they
- यान्ति (yānti) - attain (go, attain, reach)
- परमाम् (paramām) - highest (highest, supreme, ultimate)
- गतिम् (gatim) - destination (going, movement, course, destination, state)
Words meanings and morphology
दश (daśa) - ten
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of daśa
daśa - ten
Note: used as an adjective modifying lakṣaṇāni
लक्षणानि (lakṣaṇāni) - characteristics (marks, signs, characteristics)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of lakṣaṇāni
lakṣaṇa - mark, sign, characteristic, symptom, criterion, destiny
from √lakṣ (to perceive, to mark)
Root: √lakṣ (class 10)
धर्मस्य (dharmasya) - of the natural law (dharma) (of the natural law, of duty, of virtue)
(noun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of dharmasya
dharma - duty, virtue, law, religion, righteousness, characteristic, nature, quality, property, phenomenon
from root √dhṛ (to hold, support, maintain)
Root: √dhṛ (class 2)
ये (ye) - who (who, which)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of ye
yat - who, which, that
विप्राः (viprāḥ) - twice-born persons (vipra) (twice-born persons, Brahmins)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of viprāḥ
vipra - wise, learned, Brahmin, priest, one who has praised or is praised
from √vip (to tremble, move quickly; also to praise)
Root: √vip (class 1)
समधीयते (samadhīyate) - study (study, learn thoroughly)
(verb)
3rd person , middle, present (laṭ) of samadhīyate
Atmanepada Present
from prefix sam + root √dhī (to perceive, think, understand) + ya suffix
Prefix: sam
Root: √dhī (class 1)
अधीत्य (adhītya) - after studying (having studied, after studying)
(gerund)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
अनुवर्तन्ते (anuvartante) - follow (follow, adhere to, obey)
(verb)
3rd person , middle, present (laṭ) of anuvartante
Atmanepada Present
from prefix anu + root √vṛt (to turn, revolve, exist, behave) + a suffix
Prefix: anu
Root: √vṛt (class 1)
ते (te) - they
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of te
tad - that, it
यान्ति (yānti) - attain (go, attain, reach)
(verb)
3rd person , active, present (laṭ) of yānti
Parasmaipada Present
from root √yā (to go)
Root: √yā (class 2)
परमाम् (paramām) - highest (highest, supreme, ultimate)
(adjective)
Accusative, feminine, singular of paramām
parama - highest, supreme, ultimate, absolute, last
गतिम् (gatim) - destination (going, movement, course, destination, state)
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of gatim
gati - going, movement, walking, pace, manner, state, condition, destination, goal, salvation, logic
from root √gam (to go)
Root: √gam (class 1)