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 4.233

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सर्वेषामेव दानानां ब्रह्मदानं विशिष्यते ।
वार्यन्नगोमहीवासस्।तिलकाञ्चनसर्पिषाम् ॥ २३३ ॥

sarveṣāmeva dānānāṃ brahmadānaṃ viśiṣyate |
vāryannagomahīvāsas|tilakāñcanasarpiṣām || 233 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.233 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 (4.233). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarva, Eva, Dana, Brahmadana, Vishishya, Tad, Yushmad, Varyanna, Goma, Iva, Tilaka, Ancana, Sarpis,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.233). 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: “sarveṣāmeva dānānāṃ brahmadānaṃ viśiṣyate ”
sarveṣām -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dānānām -
dāna (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dāna (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
brahmadānam -
brahmadāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
viśiṣya -
viśiṣya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viśiṣya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “vāryannagomahīvāsas|tilakāñcanasarpiṣām ”
vāryanna -
vāryanna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāryanna (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
goma -
goma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

goma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hī -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
asas -
√sas (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single]
tilakā -
tilaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tilakā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
añcana -
añcana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sarpiṣām -
sarpis (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023