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 3.188

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निमन्त्रितो द्विजः पित्र्ये नियतात्मा भवेत्सदा ।
न च छन्दांस्यधीयीत यस्य श्राद्धं च तद्भवेत् ॥ १८८ ॥

nimantrito dvijaḥ pitrye niyatātmā bhavetsadā |
na ca chandāṃsyadhīyīta yasya śrāddhaṃ ca tadbhavet || 188 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.188 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 (3.188). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nimantrita, Dvija, Pitrya, Niyatatma, Sada, Sad, Chandas, Chandamsi, Adhi, Ita, Yasya, Yah, Yat, Shraddha, Tad, Tat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.188). 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: “nimantrito dvijaḥ pitrye niyatātmā bhavetsadā ”
nimantrito* -
nimantrita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dvijaḥ -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pitrye -
pitrya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pitrya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

pitryā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
niyatātmā* -
niyatātmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
sadā -
sadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “na ca chandāṃsyadhīyīta yasya śrāddhaṃ ca tadbhavet ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
chandāṃsya -
chandāṃsi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

chandāṃsi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

chandāṃsi (noun, neuter)

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

chandas (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
adhī -
adhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

adhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

adhī (noun, masculine)

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

adhī (noun, feminine)

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

adhī (noun, neuter)

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

√dhā (verb class 1)

[aorist middle first single]

√dhā (verb class 2)

[aorist middle first single]

√dhā (verb class 3)

[aorist middle first single]

√dhā (verb class 4)

[aorist middle first single]
iyī -
ī (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

ī (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
ita -
ita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√i -> ita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> ita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
yasya -
yasya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√yas -> yasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √yas]

ya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√yas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
śrāddham -
śrāddha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śrāddha (noun, neuter)

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

śrāddhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tad -
tad (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023