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 4.245

उत्तमानुत्तमानेव गच्छन् हीनांस्तु वर्जयन् ।
ब्राह्मणः श्रेष्ठतामेति प्रत्यवायेन शूद्रताम् ॥ २४५ ॥

uttamānuttamāneva gacchan hīnāṃstu varjayan |
brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭhatāmeti pratyavāyena śūdratām || 245 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.245 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 (4.245). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Uttama, Eva, Gacchat, Hina, Varja, Yat, Brahmana, Shreshthata, Pratyavaya, Shudrata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.245). 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: “uttamānuttamāneva gacchan hīnāṃstu varjayan
  • uttamān -
  • uttama (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • uttamān -
  • uttama (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gacchan -
  • gacchat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • hīnāṃs -
  • hīna (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    -> hīna (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √ class 3 verb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • varja -
  • varja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    varja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yan -
  • yat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    i -> yat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
  • Line 2: “brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭhatāmeti pratyavāyena śūdratām
  • brāhmaṇaḥ -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śreṣṭhatām -
  • śreṣṭhatā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • eti -
  • eti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • pratyavāyena -
  • pratyavāya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • śūdratām -
  • śūdratā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
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