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 4.198

न धर्मस्यापदेशेन पापं कृत्वा व्रतं चरेत् ।
व्रतेन पापं प्रच्छाद्य कुर्वन् स्त्रीशूद्रदम्भनम् ॥ १९८ ॥

na dharmasyāpadeśena pāpaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ caret |
vratena pāpaṃ pracchādya kurvan strīśūdradambhanam || 198 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.198 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 (4.198). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharma, Apadesha, Papam, Papa, Kritva, Kritvan, Vrata, Pracchadya, Kurvat, Stri, Shudra, Dambhana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.198). 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 dharmasyāpadeśena pāpaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ caret
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dharmasyā -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • apadeśena -
  • apadeśa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • pāpam -
  • pāpam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pāpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • kṛtvā -
  • kṛtvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √kṛ]
    kṛtvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vratam -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “vratena pāpaṃ pracchādya kurvan strīśūdradambhanam
  • vratena -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • pāpam -
  • pāpam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pāpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pracchādya -
  • pracchādya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pracchādya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pracchādya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kurvan -
  • kurvat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • strī -
  • strī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • śūdra -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dambhanam -
  • dambhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dambhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dambhanā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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