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 2.99

इन्द्रियाणां तु सर्वेषां यद्येकं क्षरतीन्द्रियम् ।
तेनास्य क्षरति प्रज्ञा दृतेः पादादिवोदकम् ॥ ९९ ॥

indriyāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ yadyekaṃ kṣaratīndriyam |
tenāsya kṣarati prajñā dṛteḥ pādādivodakam || 99 ||

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

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Indriya, Sarva, Yadi, Yad, Eka, Ksharat, Ksharati, Tad, Tena, Idam, Prajna, Driti, Padadi, Voda, Kah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “indriyāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ yadyekaṃ kṣaratīndriyam
  • indriyāṇām -
  • indriya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    indriya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    indriyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • sarveṣām -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • yadye -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • ekam -
  • eka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    eka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kṣaratī -
  • kṣarati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṣarati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṣarati (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kṣar -> kṣarat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √kṣar class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṣar class 2 verb]
    kṣar -> kṣarat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √kṣar class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣar class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣar class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṣar class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √kṣar class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √kṣar class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √kṣar class 2 verb], [locative single from √kṣar class 2 verb]
    kṣar -> kṣaratī (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √kṣar class 2 verb], [vocative single from √kṣar class 2 verb]
    kṣar (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • indriyam -
  • indriya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    indriya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    indriyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “tenāsya kṣarati prajñā dṛteḥ pādādivodakam
  • tenā -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • 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]
  • kṣarati -
  • kṣarati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kṣarati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kṣarati (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kṣar -> kṣarat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √kṣar class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṣar class 2 verb]
    kṣar -> kṣarat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √kṣar class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṣar class 2 verb]
    kṣar -> kṣaratī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √kṣar class 2 verb]
    kṣar (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • prajñā* -
  • prajña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prajñā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dṛteḥ -
  • dṛti (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • pādādi -
  • pādādi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pādādi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pādādi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • voda -
  • voda (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    voda (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kam -
  • ka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
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