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 2.58

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ब्राह्मेण विप्रस्तीर्थेन नित्यकालमुपस्पृशेत् ।
कायत्रैदशिकाभ्यां वा न पित्र्येण कदा चन ॥ ५८ ॥

brāhmeṇa viprastīrthena nityakālamupaspṛśet |
kāyatraidaśikābhyāṃ vā na pitryeṇa kadā cana || 58 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.58 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 (2.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahma, Vipra, Tirtha, Nityakalam, Upa, Kaya, Traidashika, Var, Pitrya, Kada, Cana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.58). 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: “brāhmeṇa viprastīrthena nityakālamupaspṛśet ”
brāhmeṇa -
brāhma (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

brāhma (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
vipras -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tīrthena -
tīrtha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
nityakālam -
nityakālam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
upa -
upa (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

upa (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

upa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

upa (Preverb)

[Preverb]
spṛśet -
√spṛś (verb class 6)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “kāyatraidaśikābhyāṃ vā na pitryeṇa kadā cana ”
kāya -
kāya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ka (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
traidaśikābhyām -
traidaśika (noun, masculine)

[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]

traidaśika (noun, neuter)

[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]

traidaśikā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (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]
pitryeṇa -
pitrya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

pitrya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
kadā -
kadā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

kadā (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cana -
cana (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

cana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√can (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023