मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-7, verse-187
दण्डव्यूहेन तन मार्गं यायात तु शकटेन वा ।
वराहमकराभ्यां वा सूच्या वा गरुडेन वा ॥१८७॥
वराहमकराभ्यां वा सूच्या वा गरुडेन वा ॥१८७॥
187. daṇḍavyūhena tan mārgaṁ yāyāt tu śakaṭena vā ,
varāhamakarābhyāṁ vā sūcyā vā garuḍena vā.
varāhamakarābhyāṁ vā sūcyā vā garuḍena vā.
187.
daṇḍavyūhēna tana mārgaṃ yāyāt tu śakaṭēna
vā varāhamakarābhyāṃ vā sūcyā vā garuḍēna vā
vā varāhamakarābhyāṃ vā sūcyā vā garuḍēna vā
187.
tana mārgaṃ daṇḍavyūhēna yāyāt tu śakaṭēna
vā varāhamakarābhyāṃ vā sūcyā vā garuḍēna vā
vā varāhamakarābhyāṃ vā sūcyā vā garuḍēna vā
187.
One should march on that path either in the 'stick formation' (daṇḍavyūha), or with the 'cart formation' (śakaṭa), or with the 'boar' (varāha) and 'crocodile' (makara) formations, or with the 'needle' (sūcī) or 'eagle' (garuḍa) formations.
Words meanings summery:
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- दण्डव्यूहेन (daṇḍavyūhēna) - in the 'stick formation' (by the stick formation)
- तन (tana) - that
- मार्गं (mārgaṁ) - path (path, road, way, course)
- यायात् (yāyāt) - one should march (he should go, he may go)
- तु (tu) - but, however, indeed
- शकटेन (śakaṭēna) - with the 'cart formation' (by the cart formation)
- वा (vā) - or
- वराहमकराभ्यां (varāhamakarābhyāṁ) - with the 'boar' and 'crocodile' formations (by the boar and crocodile)
- वा (vā) - or
- सूच्या (sūcyā) - with the 'needle' formation (by the needle formation)
- वा (vā) - or
- गरुडेन (garuḍēna) - with the 'eagle' formation (by the eagle formation)
- वा (vā) - or
Words meanings and morphology
दण्डव्यूहेन (daṇḍavyūhēna) - in the 'stick formation' (by the stick formation)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of daṇḍavyūha
daṇḍavyūha - a military formation resembling a stick or staff, a column formation
Compound of daṇḍa (stick, staff) and vyūha (formation, arrangement)
Compound type : tatpurusha (daṇḍa+vyūha)
- daṇḍa – stick, staff, rod, punishment, rule, part
noun (masculine) - vyūha – formation, arrangement, disposition, array
noun (masculine)
Root vi-ūh (to arrange, to dispose)
Prefix: vi
Root: ūh (class 4)
तन (tana) - that
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of tan
tan - that, the, the former
मार्गं (mārgaṁ) - path (path, road, way, course)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of mārga
mārga - path, road, way, course, means, track, mode
Root mṛg (to seek) + suffix gha
Root: mṛg (class 6)
यायात् (yāyāt) - one should march (he should go, he may go)
(verb)
3rd person , active, optative (liṅ) of yā
optative
Root yā + suffix s (optative)
Root: yā (class 1)
तु (tu) - but, however, indeed
(indeclinable)
शकटेन (śakaṭēna) - with the 'cart formation' (by the cart formation)
(noun)
Instrumental, neuter, singular of śakaṭa
śakaṭa - cart, wagon, carriage, a military formation
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
वराहमकराभ्यां (varāhamakarābhyāṁ) - with the 'boar' and 'crocodile' formations (by the boar and crocodile)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, dual of varāhamakara
varāhamakara - boar and crocodile
Compound of varāha (boar) and makara (crocodile)
Compound type : dvandva (varāha+makara)
- varāha – boar, hog
noun (masculine) - makara – crocodile, sea-monster, a mythical creature
noun (masculine)
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
सूच्या (sūcyā) - with the 'needle' formation (by the needle formation)
(noun)
Instrumental, feminine, singular of sūcī
sūcī - needle, point, a narrow formation
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
गरुडेन (garuḍēna) - with the 'eagle' formation (by the eagle formation)
(noun)
Instrumental, masculine, singular of garuḍa
garuḍa - eagle, Garuda (the mythical bird mount of Vishnu)
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)