मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-7, verse-114
द्वयोस्त्रयाणां पञ्चानां मध्ये गुल्ममधिष्ठितम ।
तथा ग्रामशतानां च कुर्याद राष्ट्रस्य सङ्ग्रहम ॥११४॥
तथा ग्रामशतानां च कुर्याद राष्ट्रस्य सङ्ग्रहम ॥११४॥
114. dvayostrayāṇāṁ pañcānāṁ madhye gulmamadhiṣṭhitam ,
tathā grāmaśatānāṁ ca kuryād rāṣṭrasya saṅgraham.
tathā grāmaśatānāṁ ca kuryād rāṣṭrasya saṅgraham.
114.
dvyos trayaṇām pañcānām madhye gulmam adhiṣṭhitam
tathā grāmaśatānām ca kuryāt rāṣṭrasya saṃgraham
tathā grāmaśatānām ca kuryāt rāṣṭrasya saṃgraham
114.
One should establish an administrative unit (gulma) among groups of two, three, or five villages, and similarly for hundreds of villages, for the consolidation of the state (rāṣṭra).
Words meanings summery:
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- द्व्योस् (dvyos) - of two (of two, between two)
- त्रयणाम् (trayaṇām) - of three
- पञ्चानाम् (pañcānām) - of five
- मध्ये (madhye) - among (in the middle, among, between)
- गुल्मम् (gulmam) - a small administrative unit (a troop, a company, a small army unit, a cluster)
- अधिष्ठितम् (adhiṣṭhitam) - established (established, stationed, occupied, presided over)
- तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, in that way, also, and)
- ग्रामशतानाम् (grāmaśatānām) - of hundreds of villages
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should establish (should do, should make, should establish)
- राष्ट्रस्य (rāṣṭrasya) - of the state (of the state, of the kingdom)
- संग्रहम् (saṁgraham) - consolidation (consolidation, collection, gathering, attainment)
Words meanings and morphology
द्व्योस् (dvyos) - of two (of two, between two)
(numeral)
Note: This is a rare form for genitive dual. Usually it would be 'dvayoh'.
त्रयणाम् (trayaṇām) - of three
(numeral)
पञ्चानाम् (pañcānām) - of five
(numeral)
मध्ये (madhye) - among (in the middle, among, between)
(noun)
Locative, neuter, singular of madhya
madhya - middle, center
Note: used here as a postposition governing the genitive case
गुल्मम् (gulmam) - a small administrative unit (a troop, a company, a small army unit, a cluster)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of gulma
gulma - a bush, shrub, clump, troop, company, a small division of an army
अधिष्ठितम् (adhiṣṭhitam) - established (established, stationed, occupied, presided over)
(past passive participle)
Note: modifies 'gulmam'
तथा (tathā) - similarly (so, thus, in that way, also, and)
(indeclinable)
ग्रामशतानाम् (grāmaśatānām) - of hundreds of villages
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, plural of grāmaśata
grāmaśata - hundred villages
compound of grāma (village) and śata (hundred)
Compound type : tatpurusha (grāma+śata)
- grāma – village
noun (masculine) - śata – hundred
numeral (neuter)
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
कुर्यात् (kuryāt) - should establish (should do, should make, should establish)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of kṛ
present optative active
6th conjugation
Root: kṛ (class 8)
राष्ट्रस्य (rāṣṭrasya) - of the state (of the state, of the kingdom)
(noun)
Genitive, neuter, singular of rāṣṭra
rāṣṭra - kingdom, realm, state, dominion, power
derived from root rāj (to rule)
Root: rāj (class 1)
संग्रहम् (saṁgraham) - consolidation (consolidation, collection, gathering, attainment)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of saṃgraha
saṁgraha - collection, gathering, consolidation, retention, comprehension, body
from prefix sam- and root kṛh (to collect, to gather)
Prefix: sam
Root: kṛh (class 4)