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 4.237

यज्ञोऽनृतेन क्षरति तपः क्षरति विस्मयात् ।
आयुर्विप्रापवादेन दानं च परिकीर्तनात् ॥ २३७ ॥

yajño'nṛtena kṣarati tapaḥ kṣarati vismayāt |
āyurviprāpavādena dānaṃ ca parikīrtanāt || 237 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.237 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 (4.237). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yajna, Anrita, Ksharat, Ksharati, Tap, Tapa, Tapas, Vismaya, Ayu, Ayus, Viprapavada, Dana, Parikirtana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.237). 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: “yajño'nṛtena kṣarati tapaḥ kṣarati vismayāt
  • yajño' -
  • yajña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • anṛtena -
  • anṛta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    anṛta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • kṣarati -
  • kṣarati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kṣarati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kṣarati (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kṣar -> kṣarat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √kṣar class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṣar class 2 verb]
    kṣar -> kṣarat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √kṣar class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṣar class 2 verb]
    kṣar -> kṣaratī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √kṣar class 2 verb]
    kṣar (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • tapaḥ -
  • tapas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tap (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    tap (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    tapa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kṣarati -
  • kṣarati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kṣarati (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    kṣarati (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kṣar -> kṣarat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √kṣar class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṣar class 2 verb]
    kṣar -> kṣarat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √kṣar class 1 verb], [locative single from √kṣar class 2 verb]
    kṣar -> kṣaratī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √kṣar class 2 verb]
    kṣar (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • vismayāt -
  • vismaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vismaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “āyurviprāpavādena dānaṃ ca parikīrtanāt
  • āyur -
  • āyus (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    āyus (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    āyu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    āyu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • viprāpavādena -
  • viprāpavāda (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • dānam -
  • dāna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • parikīrtanāt -
  • parikīrtana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
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