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 1.101

स्वमेव ब्राह्मणो भुङ्क्ते स्वं वस्ते स्वं ददाति च ।
आनृशंस्याद्ब्राह्मणस्य भुञ्जते हीतरे जनाः ॥ १०१ ॥

svameva brāhmaṇo bhuṅkte svaṃ vaste svaṃ dadāti ca |
ānṛśaṃsyādbrāhmaṇasya bhuñjate hītare janāḥ || 101 ||

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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 (1.101). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sva, Eva, Brahmana, Vasta, Vasti, Anrishamsya, Itara, Jana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.101). 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: “svameva brāhmaṇo bhuṅkte svaṃ vaste svaṃ dadāti ca
  • svam -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • brāhmaṇo* -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhuṅkte -
  • bhuj (verb class 7)
    [present middle third single]
  • svam -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vaste -
  • vasta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vasti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    vasti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    vas -> vasta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √vas class 4 verb]
    vas -> vasta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √vas class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √vas class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √vas class 4 verb], [locative single from √vas class 4 verb]
    vas -> vastā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √vas class 4 verb], [vocative single from √vas class 4 verb], [vocative dual from √vas class 4 verb], [accusative dual from √vas class 4 verb]
    vas (verb class 2)
    [present middle third single]
  • svam -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dadāti -
  • dadāti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (verb class 3)
    [present active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “ānṛśaṃsyādbrāhmaṇasya bhuñjate hītare janāḥ
  • ānṛśaṃsyād -
  • ānṛśaṃsya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ānṛśaṃsya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • brāhmaṇasya -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • bhuñjate -
  • bhuj (verb class 7)
    [present middle third plural]
  • -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • itare -
  • itara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    itara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    itarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • janāḥ -
  • jana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    janā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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