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 2.3

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सङ्कल्पमूलः कामो वै यज्ञाः सङ्कल्पसम्भवाः ।
व्रतानि यमधर्माश्च सर्वे सङ्कल्पजाः स्मृताः ॥ ३ ॥

saṅkalpamūlaḥ kāmo vai yajñāḥ saṅkalpasambhavāḥ |
vratāni yamadharmāśca sarve saṅkalpajāḥ smṛtāḥ || 3 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.3 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 (2.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sankalpamula, Kama, Yajna, Sankalpasambhava, Vrata, Yama, Dharma, Sarva, Sankalpaja, Smrita, Smrito,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.3). 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: “saṅkalpamūlaḥ kāmo vai yajñāḥ saṅkalpasambhavāḥ ”
saṅkalpamūlaḥ -
saṅkalpamūla (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kāmo* -
kāma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
yajñāḥ -
yajña (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
saṅkalpasambhavāḥ -
saṅkalpasambhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

saṅkalpasambhavā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “vratāni yamadharmāśca sarve saṅkalpajāḥ smṛtāḥ ”
vratāni -
vrata (noun, neuter)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

yama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dharmāś -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sarve -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

sarvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
saṅkalpajāḥ -
saṅkalpaja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

saṅkalpajā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
smṛtāḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

smṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

smṛto (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]

√smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023