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 4.171

न सीदन्नपि धर्मेण मनोऽधर्मे निवेशयेत् ।
अधार्मिकानां पापानामाशु पश्यन्विपर्ययम् ॥ १७१ ॥

na sīdannapi dharmeṇa mano'dharme niveśayet |
adhārmikānāṃ pāpānāmāśu paśyanviparyayam || 171 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.171 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 (4.171). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sidat, Api, Dharmena, Dharma, Mana, Manas, Manu, Adharma, Adharmika, Papa, Ashu, Pashyat, Viparyaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.171). 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: “na sīdannapi dharmeṇa mano'dharme niveśayet
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sīdann -
  • sad -> sīdat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sad class 1 verb]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • dharmeṇa -
  • dharmeṇa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dharma (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • mano' -
  • manas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    mana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    manu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    manu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • adharme -
  • adharma (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    adharmā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ni -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • veśayet -
  • viś (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    viś (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “adhārmikānāṃ pāpānāmāśu paśyanviparyayam
  • adhārmikān -
  • adhārmika (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • ām -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    o (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • pāpānām -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    pāpā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • āśu -
  • āśu (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āśu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    āśu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    āśu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    āśu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • paśyan -
  • paśyat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • viparyayam -
  • viparyaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    viparyaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    viparyayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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