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 4.74

नाक्षैर्दीव्येत्कदा चित्तु स्वयं नोपानहौ हरेत् ।
शयनस्थो न भुञ्जीत न पाणिस्थं न चासने ॥ ७४ ॥

nākṣairdīvyetkadā cittu svayaṃ nopānahau haret |
śayanastho na bhuñjīta na pāṇisthaṃ na cāsane || 74 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.74 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 (4.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nri, Aksha, Kada, Cit, Svayam, Upanah, Upanaha, Shayanastha, Panistha, Casa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.74). 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: “nākṣairdīvyetkadā cittu svayaṃ nopānahau haret
  • -
  • 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]
  • akṣair -
  • akṣa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    akṣa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • dīvyet -
  • dīv (verb class 4)
    [optative active third single]
  • kadā -
  • kadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    kadā (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • cit -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • 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]
  • upānahau -
  • upānah (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    upānaha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • haret -
  • hṛ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “śayanastho na bhuñjīta na pāṇisthaṃ na cāsane
  • śayanastho* -
  • śayanastha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bhuñjīta -
  • bhuj (verb class 7)
    [optative middle third single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pāṇistham -
  • pāṇistha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pāṇistha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pāṇisthā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • cāsa -
  • cāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cāsa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ne -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
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