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 4.9

षट्कर्मैको भवत्येषां त्रिभिरन्यः प्रवर्तते ।
द्वाभ्यामेकश्चतुर्थस्तु ब्रह्मसत्त्रेण जीवति ॥ ९ ॥

ṣaṭkarmaiko bhavatyeṣāṃ tribhiranyaḥ pravartate |
dvābhyāmekaścaturthastu brahmasattreṇa jīvati || 9 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.9 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 (4.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shatkarman, Shatkarma, Aika, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Idam, Tri, Ani, Pravarta, Tad, Yushmad, Dva, Eka, Caturtha, Brahmasattra, Jivat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.9). 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: “ṣaṭkarmaiko bhavatyeṣāṃ tribhiranyaḥ pravartate
  • ṣaṭkarmai -
  • ṣaṭkarman (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    ṣaṭkarman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ṣaṭkarma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ṣaṭkarma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aiko* -
  • aika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavatye -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • eṣām -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • tribhir -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • anyaḥ -
  • anī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • pravarta -
  • pravarta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “dvābhyāmekaścaturthastu brahmasattreṇa jīvati
  • dvābhyām -
  • dva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
    dva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
    dvā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
  • ekaś -
  • eka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • caturthas -
  • caturtha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • brahmasattreṇa -
  • brahmasattra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • jīvati -
  • jīvat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    jīvat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
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