Manusmriti [sanskrit]

by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 23,875 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553

This is the Sanskrit text of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of verses dealing with ‘Dharma-Shastra’—the ancient Indian science of Law, Spritual life, Politics and Ethics.. The edition of this text is based on Ganganatha Jha’s translation of the same text.

Verse 1.61

स्वायम्भुवस्यास्य मनोः षड्वंश्या मनवोऽपरे ।
सृष्टवन्तः प्रजाः स्वाः स्वा महात्मानो महौजसः ॥ ६१ ॥

svāyambhuvasyāsya manoḥ ṣaḍvaṃśyā manavo'pare |
sṛṣṭavantaḥ prajāḥ svāḥ svā mahātmāno mahaujasaḥ || 61 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.61 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (1.61). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svayambhuva, Idam, Manu, Shat, Shash, Vamshi, Vamshya, Manava, Apara, Srishtavat, Praja, Prajas, Sva, Mahatman, Mahaujas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.61). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “svāyambhuvasyāsya manoḥ ṣaḍvaṃśyā manavo'pare
  • svāyambhuvasyā -
  • svāyambhuva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    svāyambhuva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • asya -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • manoḥ -
  • manu (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    manu (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • ṣaḍ -
  • ṣaṭ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ṣaṣ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ṣaṣ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vaṃśyā* -
  • vaṃśī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    vaṃśya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vaṃśyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • manavo' -
  • manu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    manu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    manava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • apare -
  • apara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    apara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    aparā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “sṛṣṭavantaḥ prajāḥ svāḥ svā mahātmāno mahaujasaḥ
  • sṛṣṭavantaḥ -
  • sṛṣṭavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sṛj -> sṛṣṭavat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √sṛj class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √sṛj class 6 verb]
  • prajāḥ -
  • praja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    prajas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svāḥ -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    svā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • svā* -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    svā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • mahātmāno* -
  • mahātman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • mahaujasaḥ -
  • mahaujas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    mahaujas (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
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