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 4.137

नात्मानमवमन्येत पुर्वाभिरसमृद्धिभिः ।
आ मृत्योः श्रियमन्विच्छेन्नैनां मन्येत दुर्लभाम् ॥ १३७ ॥

nātmānamavamanyeta purvābhirasamṛddhibhiḥ |
ā mṛtyoḥ śriyamanvicchennaināṃ manyeta durlabhām || 137 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.137 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 (4.137). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mana, Avamanya, Ita, Puru, Purva, Abhira, Samriddhi, Samriddhin, Mriti, Mrityu, Shri, Shriya, Anviccha, Aina, Durlabha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.137). 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: “nātmānamavamanyeta purvābhirasamṛddhibhiḥ
  • nāt -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • mānam -
  • māna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    man -> māna (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> māna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
  • avamanye -
  • avamanya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • 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]
  • purvā -
  • purva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    purva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    purū (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    purū (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    purv (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • abhira -
  • abhira (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    abhira (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samṛddhibhiḥ -
  • samṛddhi (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
    samṛddhin (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    samṛddhin (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “ā mṛtyoḥ śriyamanvicchennaināṃ manyeta durlabhām
  • ā* -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • mṛtyoḥ -
  • mṛti (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    mṛtyu (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • śriyam -
  • śriyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śriya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śriya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śrī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    śrī (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • anvicche -
  • anvicchā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • īnn -
  • i (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ainā -
  • aina (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ap (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • manyeta -
  • man (verb class 4)
    [optative middle third single], [optative passive third single]
    man (verb class 8)
    [optative passive third single]
  • durlabhām -
  • durlabhā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
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