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 4.77

अचक्षुर्विषयं दुर्गं न प्रपद्येत कर्हि चित् ।
न विण्मूत्रमुदीक्षेत न बाहुभ्यां नदीं तरेत् ॥ ७७ ॥

acakṣurviṣayaṃ durgaṃ na prapadyeta karhi cit |
na viṇmūtramudīkṣeta na bāhubhyāṃ nadīṃ taret || 77 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.77 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 (4.77). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Acakshurvishaya, Durga, Prapad, Eta, Karhi, Cit, Vinmutra, Udiksha, Ita, Bahu, Nadi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.77). 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: “acakṣurviṣayaṃ durgaṃ na prapadyeta karhi cit
  • acakṣurviṣayam -
  • acakṣurviṣaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    acakṣurviṣaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    acakṣurviṣayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • durgam -
  • durga (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    durga (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    durgā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prapadye -
  • prapad (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [locative single]
  • eta -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • karhi -
  • karhi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • 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]
  • Line 2: “na viṇmūtramudīkṣeta na bāhubhyāṃ nadīṃ taret
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • viṇmūtram -
  • viṇmūtra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • udīkṣe -
  • udīkṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • 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]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bāhubhyām -
  • bāhu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental dual], [dative dual], [ablative dual]
  • nadīm -
  • nadī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • taret -
  • tṝ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
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