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 3.148

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मातामहं मातुलं च स्वस्रीयं श्वशुरं गुरुम् ।
दौहित्रं विट्पतिं बन्धुं ऋत्विग्याज्यौ च भोजयेत् ॥ १४८ ॥

mātāmahaṃ mātulaṃ ca svasrīyaṃ śvaśuraṃ gurum |
dauhitraṃ viṭpatiṃ bandhuṃ ṛtvigyājyau ca bhojayet || 148 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.148 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 (3.148). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Matamaha, Matula, Svasriya, Shvashura, Guru, Dauhitra, Vitpati, Bandhu, Ritvij, Yajya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.148). 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: “mātāmahaṃ mātulaṃ ca svasrīyaṃ śvaśuraṃ gurum ”
mātāmaham -
mātāmaha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mātāmaha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
mātulam -
mātula (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mātula (noun, neuter)

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

mātulā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
svasrīyam -
svasrīya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svasrīyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śvaśuram -
śvaśura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
gurum -
guru (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “dauhitraṃ viṭpatiṃ bandhuṃ ṛtvigyājyau ca bhojayet ”
dauhitram -
dauhitra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dauhitra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
viṭpatim -
viṭpati (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
bandhum -
bandhu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ṛtvig -
ṛtvij (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

ṛtvij (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
yājyau -
yājya (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√yaj -> yājya (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √yaj], [vocative dual from √yaj], [accusative dual from √yaj]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhojayet -
√bhuj (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023