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 2.172

नाभिव्याहारयेद्ब्रह्म स्वधानिनयनादृते ।
शूद्रेण हि समस्तावद्यावद्वेदे न जायते ॥ १७२ ॥

nābhivyāhārayedbrahma svadhāninayanādṛte |
śūdreṇa hi samastāvadyāvadvede na jāyate || 172 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.172 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 (2.172). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nabh, Nabhi, Brahma, Brahman, Svadhaninayana, Rite, Rita, Riti, Shudra, Samasta, Samasti, Adya, Adyu, Adu, Advan, Jayat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.172). 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: “nābhivyāhārayedbrahma svadhāninayanādṛte
  • nābhi -
  • nābhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nābhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    nābhī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    nābhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    nābhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    nābh (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • vyā -
  • vyā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • hārayed -
  • hṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • brahma -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    brahm (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • svadhāninayanād -
  • svadhāninayana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ṛte -
  • ṛte (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ṛte (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ṛta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ṛta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ṛti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ṛti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “śūdreṇa hi samastāvadyāvadvede na jāyate
  • śūdreṇa -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • samastāva -
  • samasta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    samasti (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • adyāva -
  • adya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    adyu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    adyu (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    ad (verb class 2)
    [optative active first dual]
    (verb class 4)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • adve -
  • advan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    advan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    adū (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single], [dative single]
    adū (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • ide -
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single]
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