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 2.37

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ब्रह्मवर्चसकामस्य कार्यो विप्रस्य पञ्चमे ।
राज्ञो बलार्थिनः षष्ठे वैश्यस्यैहार्थिनोऽष्टमे ॥ ३७ ॥

brahmavarcasakāmasya kāryo viprasya pañcame |
rājño balārthinaḥ ṣaṣṭhe vaiśyasyaihārthino'ṣṭame || 37 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.37 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 (2.37). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmavarcasakama, Kari, Karya, Vipra, Pancama, Rajan, Balarthin, Shashtha, Vaishya, Eha, Arthin, Arthi, Ashtama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.37). 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: “brahmavarcasakāmasya kāryo viprasya pañcame ”
brahmavarcasakāmasya -
brahmavarcasakāma (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

brahmavarcasakāma (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
kāryo* -
kārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
viprasya -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vipra (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
pañcame -
pañcama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pañcama (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
Line 2: “rājño balārthinaḥ ṣaṣṭhe vaiśyasyaihārthino'ṣṭame ”
rājño* -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
balārthinaḥ -
balārthin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

balārthin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
ṣaṣṭhe -
ṣaṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ṣaṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
vaiśyasyai -
vaiśya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vaiśya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ehā -
eha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ehā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
arthino' -
arthin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

arthin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

arthī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
aṣṭame -
aṣṭama (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

aṣṭama (noun, neuter)

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

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023