मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-9, verse-299
पीडनानि च सर्वाणि व्यसनानि तथैव च ।
आरभेत ततः कार्यं सञ्चिन्त्य गुरुलाघवम ॥२९९॥
आरभेत ततः कार्यं सञ्चिन्त्य गुरुलाघवम ॥२९९॥
299. pīḍanāni ca sarvāṇi vyasanāni tathaiva ca ,
ārabheta tataḥ kāryaṁ sañcintya gurulāghavam.
ārabheta tataḥ kāryaṁ sañcintya gurulāghavam.
299.
pīḍanāni ca sarvāṇi vyasanāni tathā eva ca
ārabheta tataḥ kāryam sañcintya gurulāghavam
ārabheta tataḥ kāryam sañcintya gurulāghavam
299.
sarvāṇi pīḍanāni ca vyasanāni ca tathā eva
gurulāghavam sañcintya tataḥ kāryam ārabheta
gurulāghavam sañcintya tataḥ kāryam ārabheta
299.
Having thoroughly considered all difficulties and calamities, as well as their gravity and lightness (the pros and cons), he should then commence any undertaking.
Words meanings summery:
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- पीडनानि (pīḍanāni) - difficulties or acts of oppression (afflictions, troubles, acts of oppression)
- च (ca) - and
- सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all kinds of (all, every)
- व्यसनानि (vyasanāni) - difficulties or adverse circumstances (calamities, misfortunes, vices, distresses)
- तथा (tathā) - likewise, as well (thus, so, in that manner)
- एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizing the preceding word (indeed, only, certainly)
- च (ca) - and
- आरभेत (ārabheta) - he should commence (any work) (he should begin, he should undertake)
- ततः (tataḥ) - subsequently, after the consideration (thence, then, thereafter)
- कार्यम् (kāryam) - any undertaking or task (work, task, duty, that which is to be done)
- सञ्चिन्त्य (sañcintya) - after carefully deliberating (having thoroughly considered, having reflected well)
- गुरुलाघवम् (gurulāghavam) - the merits and demerits, or the importance and insignificance of a matter (the gravity and lightness, importance and insignificance, pros and cons)
Words meanings and morphology
पीडनानि (pīḍanāni) - difficulties or acts of oppression (afflictions, troubles, acts of oppression)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of pīḍana
pīḍana - afflicting, tormenting, affliction, oppression
Root: pīḍ (class 10)
Note: Nominative or accusative plural. Context indicates it's an object of consideration, thus accusative.
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
सर्वाणि (sarvāṇi) - all kinds of (all, every)
(pronoun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of sarva
sarva - all, every, whole
Note: Nominative or accusative plural, agreeing with pīḍanāni and vyasanāni.
व्यसनानि (vyasanāni) - difficulties or adverse circumstances (calamities, misfortunes, vices, distresses)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of vyasana
vyasana - calamity, misfortune, distress, vice, addiction
Prefix: vi
Root: as (class 4)
Note: Nominative or accusative plural. Context indicates it's an object of consideration, thus accusative.
तथा (tathā) - likewise, as well (thus, so, in that manner)
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, emphasizing the preceding word (indeed, only, certainly)
(indeclinable)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
आरभेत (ārabheta) - he should commence (any work) (he should begin, he should undertake)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of rabh
optative mood
3rd person singular, middle voice, optative mood
Prefix: ā
Root: rabh (class 1)
Note: Derived from root 'rabh' with prefix 'ā'.
ततः (tataḥ) - subsequently, after the consideration (thence, then, thereafter)
(indeclinable)
कार्यम् (kāryam) - any undertaking or task (work, task, duty, that which is to be done)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of kārya
kārya - to be done, duty, work, task
gerundive (potential passive participle)
derived from root kṛ + ṇyaT suffix, meaning 'to be done'
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: It's a noun formed from a gerundive, functioning as the object of 'ārabheta'.
सञ्चिन्त्य (sañcintya) - after carefully deliberating (having thoroughly considered, having reflected well)
(indeclinable)
absolutive (gerund)
absolutive form, used to indicate an action completed before the main verb
Prefix: sam
Root: cit (class 10)
Note: Absolutive (Gerund) form.
गुरुलाघवम् (gurulāghavam) - the merits and demerits, or the importance and insignificance of a matter (the gravity and lightness, importance and insignificance, pros and cons)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of gurulāghava
gurulāghava - gravity and lightness, importance and insignificance
Compound type : dvandva (guru+lāghava)
- guru – heavy, important, respected, teacher
adjective (masculine) - lāghava – lightness, insignificance, quickness
noun (neuter)
derived from laghu (light)
Note: The compound is a dvandva for "gravity and lightness".