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 2.214

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अविद्वांसमलं लोके विद्वांसमपि वा पुनः ।
प्रमदा ह्युत्पथं नेतुं कामक्रोधवशानुगम् ॥ २१४ ॥

avidvāṃsamalaṃ loke vidvāṃsamapi vā punaḥ |
pramadā hyutpathaṃ netuṃ kāmakrodhavaśānugam || 214 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.214 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 (2.214). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Avidvas, Alam, Ala, Loka, Vidvas, Api, Puna, Pramada, Utpatha, Kamakrodha, Vashanuga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.214). 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: “avidvāṃsamalaṃ loke vidvāṃsamapi vā punaḥ ”
avidvāṃsam -
avidvas (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
alam -
alam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
loke -
loka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√lok (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
vidvāṃsam -
vidvas (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

√vid -> vidvas (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vid class 2 verb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
punaḥ -
pu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

puna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

pū (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “pramadā hyutpathaṃ netuṃ kāmakrodhavaśānugam ”
pramadā* -
pramada (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pramadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hyu -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
utpatham -
utpatha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

utpatha (noun, neuter)

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

utpathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
netum -
√nī -> netum (infinitive)

[infinitive from √nī]
kāmakrodha -
kāmakrodha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaśānugam -
vaśānuga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vaśānuga (noun, neuter)

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

vaśānugā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023