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 4.24

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ज्ञानेनैवापरे विप्रा यजन्त्येतैर्मखैः सदा ।
ज्ञानमूलां क्रियामेषां पश्यन्तो ज्ञानचक्षुषा ॥ २४ ॥

jñānenaivāpare viprā yajantyetairmakhaiḥ sadā |
jñānamūlāṃ kriyāmeṣāṃ paśyanto jñānacakṣuṣā || 24 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.24 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 (4.24). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jnana, Apara, Vipra, Yajat, Yajanti, Eta, Etad, Esha, Makha, Sada, Sad, Mula, Ish, Isha, Pashyat, Jnanacakshusha, Jnanacakshus,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.24). 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: “jñānenaivāpare viprā yajantyetairmakhaiḥ sadā ”
jñānenai -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
aivā -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
apare -
apara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

apara (noun, neuter)

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

aparā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
viprā* -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

viprā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yajantye -
√yaj -> yajat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √yaj class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √yaj class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √yaj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √yaj class 1 verb]

√yaj -> yajantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √yaj class 1 verb], [vocative single from √yaj class 1 verb]

√yaj (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
etair -
eta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

eta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

etad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
makhaiḥ -
makha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

makha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
sadā -
sadā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

sad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

sadā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “jñānamūlāṃ kriyāmeṣāṃ paśyanto jñānacakṣuṣā ”
jñāna -
jñāna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mūlām -
mūlā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
kriyāme -
√kṛ (verb class 6)

[imperative active first plural]
iṣām -
iṣ (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

iṣ (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

iṣ (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

iṣā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
paśyanto* -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
jñānacakṣuṣā -
jñānacakṣuṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

jñānacakṣus (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

jñānacakṣus (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023