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 2.25

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एषा धर्मस्य वो योनिः समासेन प्रकीर्तिता ।
सम्भवश्चास्य सर्वस्य वर्णधर्मान्निबोधत ॥ २५ ॥

eṣā dharmasya vo yoniḥ samāsena prakīrtitā |
sambhavaścāsya sarvasya varṇadharmānnibodhata || 25 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.25 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 (2.25). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Esha, Dharma, Yushmad, Yah, Nih, Samasa, Prakirtita, Sambhava, Sambhu, Idam, Sarva, Varnadharma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.25). 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: “eṣā dharmasya vo yoniḥ samāsena prakīrtitā ”
eṣā -
eṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
dharmasya -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
vo* -
va (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
yo -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
niḥ -
niḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

niḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ni (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
samāsena -
samāsa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
prakīrtitā -
prakīrtitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sambhavaścāsya sarvasya varṇadharmānnibodhata ”
sambhavaś -
sambhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sambhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sambhu (noun, feminine)

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

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative 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]
sarvasya -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
varṇadharmān -
varṇadharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
ni -
ni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ni (noun, neuter)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

nī (noun, neuter)

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

nī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ni (Preverb)

[Preverb]
bodhata -
√budh (verb class 1)

[imperative active second plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023