मनु-स्मृतिः
manu-smṛtiḥ
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chapter-9, verse-316
यानुपाश्रित्य तिष्ठन्ति लोका देवाश्च सर्वदा ।
ब्रह्म चैव धनं येषां को हिंस्यात ताञ्जिजीविषुः ॥३१६॥
ब्रह्म चैव धनं येषां को हिंस्यात ताञ्जिजीविषुः ॥३१६॥
316. yānupāśritya tiṣṭhanti lokā devāśca sarvadā ,
brahma caiva dhanaṁ yeṣāṁ ko hiṁsyāt tāñjijīviṣuḥ.
brahma caiva dhanaṁ yeṣāṁ ko hiṁsyāt tāñjijīviṣuḥ.
316.
yān upāśritya tiṣṭhanti lokāḥ devāḥ ca sarvadā
brahma ca eva dhanam yeṣām kaḥ hiṃsyāt tān jijīviṣuḥ
brahma ca eva dhanam yeṣām kaḥ hiṃsyāt tān jijīviṣuḥ
316.
yān upāśritya lokāḥ ca devāḥ sarvadā tiṣṭhanti ca yeṣām brahma eva dhanam asti,
jijīviṣuḥ kaḥ tān hiṃsyāt
jijīviṣuḥ kaḥ tān hiṃsyāt
316.
On whom the worlds and gods always depend, and whose wealth indeed is sacred knowledge (brahman) – who, desiring to live, would harm them?
Words meanings summery:
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- यान् (yān) - whom
- उपाश्रित्य (upāśritya) - having resorted to, depending upon
- तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand, they exist, they abide
- लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, people
- देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities
- च (ca) - and, also, moreover
- सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times
- ब्रह्म (brahma) - sacred knowledge, the Veda (sacred knowledge, Veda, brahman (the Absolute))
- च (ca) - and, also, moreover
- एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
- धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, treasure, property
- येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose, of whom
- कः (kaḥ) - who?
- हिंस्यात् (hiṁsyāt) - would harm, should injure
- तान् (tān) - them
- जिजीविषुः (jijīviṣuḥ) - desiring to live, wishing for life
Words meanings and morphology
यान् (yān) - whom
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of yad
yad - who, which, what
उपाश्रित्य (upāśritya) - having resorted to, depending upon
(indeclinable)
Absolutive (Gerund)
From the root śri (to resort to, lean on) with prefixes upa and ā, with suffix -ya.
Prefixes: upa+ā
Root: śri (class 1)
तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they stand, they exist, they abide
(verb)
3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sthā
Root: sthā (class 1)
लोकाः (lokāḥ) - worlds, people
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of loka
loka - world, region, people
देवाः (devāḥ) - gods, deities
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, plural of deva
deva - god, deity, divine being
च (ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times
(indeclinable)
From 'sarva' (all) with suffix -dā (indicating time).
ब्रह्म (brahma) - sacred knowledge, the Veda (sacred knowledge, Veda, brahman (the Absolute))
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of brahman
brahman - sacred utterance, Veda, sacred knowledge, priest, the Absolute Reality (brahman)
च (ca) - and, also, moreover
(indeclinable)
एव (eva) - indeed, only, just
(indeclinable)
धनम् (dhanam) - wealth, treasure, property
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of dhana
dhana - wealth, property, riches, treasure
येषाम् (yeṣām) - whose, of whom
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, plural of yad
yad - who, which, what
कः (kaḥ) - who?
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kim
kim - who, what, which
हिंस्यात् (hiṁsyāt) - would harm, should injure
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of hiṃs
Root: hiṃs (class 7)
तान् (tān) - them
(pronoun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of tad
tad - that, he, she, it
जिजीविषुः (jijīviṣuḥ) - desiring to live, wishing for life
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jijīviṣu
jijīviṣu - desiring to live, wishing for life
Desiderative noun/adjective
Derived from the desiderative stem of the root jīv (to live).
Root: jīv (class 1)
Note: Often functions as an agent noun in such contexts.