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 1.98

उत्पत्तिरेव विप्रस्य मूर्तिर्धर्मस्य शाश्वती ।
स हि धर्मार्थमुत्पन्नो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते ॥ ९८ ॥

utpattireva viprasya mūrtirdharmasya śāśvatī |
sa hi dharmārthamutpanno brahmabhūyāya kalpate || 98 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.98 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 (1.98). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Utpatti, Eva, Vipra, Murti, Dharma, Shashvati, Dharmartha, Utpanna, Brahmabhuya, Kalpata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.98). 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: “utpattireva viprasya mūrtirdharmasya śāśvatī
  • utpattir -
  • utpatti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • viprasya -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    vipra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • mūrtir -
  • mūrti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mūrti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dharmasya -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • śāśvatī -
  • śāśvatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “sa hi dharmārthamutpanno brahmabhūyāya kalpate
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • dharmārtham -
  • dharmārtha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • utpanno* -
  • utpanna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • brahmabhūyāya -
  • brahmabhūya (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • kalpate -
  • kalpatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kḷp (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
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