मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-6, verse-94
दशलक्षणकं धर्ममनुतिष्ठन समाहितः ।
वेदान्तं विधिवत्श्रुत्वा संन्यसेदनृणो द्विजः ॥९४॥
वेदान्तं विधिवत्श्रुत्वा संन्यसेदनृणो द्विजः ॥९४॥
94. daśalakṣaṇakaṁ dharmamanutiṣṭhan samāhitaḥ ,
vedāntaṁ vidhivatśrutvā saṁnyasedanṛṇo dvijaḥ.
vedāntaṁ vidhivatśrutvā saṁnyasedanṛṇo dvijaḥ.
94.
daśalakṣaṇakam dharmam anutiṣṭhan samāhitaḥ
vedāntam vidhivat śrutvā saṃnyaset anṛṇaḥ dvijaḥ
vedāntam vidhivat śrutvā saṃnyaset anṛṇaḥ dvijaḥ
94.
A twice-born person (dvija), being attentive, after practicing the natural law (dharma) with its ten characteristics and properly hearing the Vedanta, should renounce (the world) having become free from debt.
Words meanings summery:
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- दशलक्षणकम् (daśalakṣaṇakam) - the natural law (dharma) with its ten characteristics (having ten characteristics)
- धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (duty, virtue, law, religion, righteousness, characteristic)
- अनुतिष्ठन् (anutiṣṭhan) - practicing (practicing, following, performing)
- समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - attentive (attentive, concentrated, collected, composed)
- वेदान्तम् (vedāntam) - Vedanta (the Upanishads, the philosophical part of the Vedas) (the end of the Vedas, Upanishads)
- विधिवत् (vidhivat) - properly (according to rule, properly, according to prescribed method)
- श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, after hearing)
- संन्यसेत् (saṁnyaset) - should renounce (renounces, abandons, gives up)
- अनृणः (anṛṇaḥ) - free from debt (debt-free)
- द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - twice-born person (dvija) (twice-born, Brahmin)
Words meanings and morphology
दशलक्षणकम् (daśalakṣaṇakam) - the natural law (dharma) with its ten characteristics (having ten characteristics)
(adjective)
Accusative, masculine, singular of daśalakṣaṇakam
daśalakṣaṇa - having ten marks or characteristics
compound of daśa (ten) + lakṣaṇa (mark, characteristic) + -ka (suffix)
Compound type : tatpurusha (daśa+lakṣaṇa)
- daśa – ten
noun (masculine) - lakṣaṇa – mark, sign, characteristic, symptom, criterion, destiny
noun (neuter)
from √lakṣ (to perceive, to mark)
Root: √lakṣ (class 10)
धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (duty, virtue, law, religion, righteousness, characteristic)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of dharmam
dharma - duty, virtue, law, religion, righteousness, characteristic, nature, quality, property, phenomenon
from root √dhṛ (to hold, support, maintain)
Root: √dhṛ (class 2)
अनुतिष्ठन् (anutiṣṭhan) - practicing (practicing, following, performing)
(participle)
Nominative, masculine, singular of anutiṣṭhan
anutiṣṭhan - practicing, following, performing, observing
Present Active Participle
from prefix anu + root √sthā (to stand, stay, remain, perform) + -a suffix
Prefix: anu
Root: √sthā (class 1)
समाहितः (samāhitaḥ) - attentive (attentive, concentrated, collected, composed)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of samāhitaḥ
samāhita - collected, concentrated, attentive, well-placed, controlled
Past Passive Participle
from prefix sam + root √dhā (to place, put, hold) + i suffix
Prefix: sam
Root: √dhā (class 3)
वेदान्तम् (vedāntam) - Vedanta (the Upanishads, the philosophical part of the Vedas) (the end of the Vedas, Upanishads)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vedāntam
vedānta - the end of the Vedas, the Upanishads; the supreme knowledge
compound of veda (knowledge) + anta (end)
Compound type : tatpurusha (veda+anta)
- veda – knowledge, sacred knowledge, the Vedas
noun (masculine)
from root √vid (to know)
Root: √vid (class 2) - anta – end, limit, boundary, conclusion
noun (masculine)
विधिवत् (vidhivat) - properly (according to rule, properly, according to prescribed method)
(indeclinable)
from vidhi (rule, ordinance) + -vat (suffix)
श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard (having heard, after hearing)
(gerund)
संन्यसेत् (saṁnyaset) - should renounce (renounces, abandons, gives up)
(verb)
3rd person , active, optative (liṅ) of saṃnyaset
Parasmaipada Optative
from prefix sam + prefix ni + root √as (to throw, sit) + ya suffix
Prefixes: sam+ni
Root: √as (class 2)
अनृणः (anṛṇaḥ) - free from debt (debt-free)
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of anṛṇaḥ
anṛṇa - debt-free, free from obligation
negation (a-) of ṛṇa (debt)
द्विजः (dvijaḥ) - twice-born person (dvija) (twice-born, Brahmin)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of dvijaḥ
dvija - twice-born (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya; also bird, tooth, snake)
compound of dvi (twice) + ja (born)
Compound type : karmadharaya (dvi+ja)
- dvi – two, twice
indeclinable - ja – born, produced
indeclinable
Past Participle
from root √ji (to be born)
Root: √ji (class 2)