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 3.53

आर्षे गोमिथुनं शुल्कं के चिदाहुर्मृषैव तत् ।
अल्पोऽप्येवं महान्वाऽपि विक्रयस्तावदेव सः ॥ ५३ ॥

ārṣe gomithunaṃ śulkaṃ ke cidāhurmṛṣaiva tat |
alpo'pyevaṃ mahānvā'pi vikrayastāvadeva saḥ || 53 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.53 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 (3.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Arsha, Gomithuna, Shulka, Kah, Kim, Cit, Mrisha, Tat, Tad, Alpa, Api, Apya, Evam, Eva, Maha, Mahat, Vikraya, Tavat, Sah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.53). 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: “ārṣe gomithunaṃ śulkaṃ ke cidāhurmṛṣaiva tat
  • ārṣe -
  • ārṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ārṣa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • gomithunam -
  • gomithuna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gomithuna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • śulkam -
  • śulka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śulka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ke -
  • ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    ka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • cid -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • āhur -
  • ah (verb class 5)
    [perfect active third plural]
  • mṛṣai -
  • mṛṣā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    mṛṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mṛṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mṛṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “alpo'pyevaṃ mahānvā'pi vikrayastāvadeva saḥ
  • alpo' -
  • alpa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • apye -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    apyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • evam -
  • evam (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    evam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    evā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • mahān -
  • maha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    mahat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • vā' -
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • vikrayas -
  • vikraya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tāvad -
  • tāvat (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tāvat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tāvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    tāvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saḥ -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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