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 4.63

न कुर्वीत वृथाचेष्टां न वार्यञ्जलिना पिबेत् ।
नोत्सङ्गे भक्षयेद्भक्ष्यान्न जातु स्यात्कुतूहली ॥ ६३ ॥

na kurvīta vṛthāceṣṭāṃ na vāryañjalinā pibet |
notsaṅge bhakṣayedbhakṣyānna jātu syātkutūhalī || 63 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.63 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 (4.63). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vritha, Aceshta, Var, Vari, Varya, Anjali, Nri, Utsanga, Bhakshya, Jatu, Syat, Sya, Kutuhalin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “na kurvīta vṛthāceṣṭāṃ na vāryañjalinā pibet
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kurvīta -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative middle third single]
  • vṛthā -
  • vṛthā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    vṛthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aceṣṭām -
  • aceṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vārya -
  • vāri (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vāri (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vārī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vārya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vārya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vṛ -> vārya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √vṛ]
    vṛ -> vārya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √vṛ]
    vṛ -> vārya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √vṛ]
    vār (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    vṛ -> vārya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 9 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ]
    vṛ -> vārya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 5 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ class 9 verb], [vocative single from √vṛ]
  • añjalinā -
  • añjali (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    añjalī (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • pibet -
  • (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “notsaṅge bhakṣayedbhakṣyānna jātu syātkutūhalī
  • no -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    nu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • utsaṅge -
  • utsaṅga (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    utsaṅga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • bhakṣayed -
  • bhakṣ (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
    bhakṣ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • bhakṣyānn -
  • bhakṣya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    bhakṣ -> bhakṣya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √bhakṣ]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jātu -
  • jātu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    jātu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jātu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    jātu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    jātū (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    jātū (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    jātū (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • kutūhalī -
  • kutūhalin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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