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 2.242

नाब्राह्मणे गुरौ शिष्यो वासमात्यन्तिकं वसेत् ।
ब्राह्मणे वाऽननूचाने काङ्क्षन् गतिमनुत्तमाम् ॥ २४२ ॥

nābrāhmaṇe gurau śiṣyo vāsamātyantikaṃ vaset |
brāhmaṇe vā'nanūcāne kāṅkṣan gatimanuttamām || 242 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.242 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 (2.242). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nri, Abrahmana, Guru, Shishya, Vasa, Atyantika, Brahmana, Ana, Ucana, Kankshat, Gatimat, Uttama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.242). 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: “nābrāhmaṇe gurau śiṣyo vāsamātyantikaṃ vaset
  • -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • abrāhmaṇe -
  • abrāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    abrāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    abrāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • gurau -
  • guru (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • śiṣyo* -
  • śiṣya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    śās -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śās class 2 verb]
    śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √śiṣ class 10 verb]
  • vāsam -
  • vāsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vāsā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ātyantikam -
  • ātyantika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ātyantika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • vaset -
  • vas (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “brāhmaṇe vā'nanūcāne kāṅkṣan gatimanuttamām
  • brāhmaṇe -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vā' -
  • ana -
  • ana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • -
  • nu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    nau (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ūcāne -
  • vac -> ūcāna (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √vac class 2 verb], [locative single from √vac class 3 verb]
    vac -> ūcāna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √vac class 2 verb], [locative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √vac class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √vac class 3 verb], [locative single from √vac class 3 verb]
    vac -> ūcānā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vac class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √vac class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative dual from √vac class 3 verb], [vocative single from √vac class 3 verb], [vocative dual from √vac class 3 verb], [accusative dual from √vac class 3 verb]
  • kāṅkṣan -
  • kāṅkṣat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kāṅkṣ -> kāṅkṣat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kāṅkṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √kāṅkṣ class 1 verb]
  • gatiman -
  • gatimat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • uttamām -
  • uttamā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
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