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 2.2

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कामात्मता न प्रशस्ता न चैवैहास्त्यकामता ।
काम्यो हि वेदाधिगमः कर्मयोगश्च वैदिकः ॥ २ ॥

kāmātmatā na praśastā na caivaihāstyakāmatā |
kāmyo hi vedādhigamaḥ karmayogaśca vaidikaḥ || 2 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.2 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 (2.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kamatmata, Prashasta, Eha, Tyaj, Amata, Kamya, Vedadhigama, Karmayoga, Vaidika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.2). 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: “kāmātmatā na praśastā na caivaihāstyakāmatā ”
kāmātmatā* -
kāmātmatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
praśastā* -
praśasta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

praśastā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aivai -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
ehās -
eha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ehā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
tyak -
tyaj (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

tyaj (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
āmatā -
āmatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kāmyo hi vedādhigamaḥ karmayogaśca vaidikaḥ ”
kāmyo* -
kāmya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kam -> kāmya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kam]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vedādhigamaḥ -
vedādhigama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
karmayogaś -
karmayoga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaidikaḥ -
vaidika (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023