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 5.44

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या वेदविहिता हिंसा नियताऽस्मिंश्चराचरे ।
अहिंसामेव तां विद्याद्वेदाद्धर्मो हि निर्बभौ ॥ ४४ ॥

yā vedavihitā hiṃsā niyatā'smiṃścarācare |
ahiṃsāmeva tāṃ vidyādvedāddharmo hi nirbabhau || 44 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.44 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 (5.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vedavihita, Himsa, Idam, Caracara, Iva, Vidya, Veda, Nih,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.44). 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: “yā vedavihitā hiṃsā niyatā'smiṃścarācare ”
yā* -
yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
vedavihitā* -
vedavihita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vedavihitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hiṃsā* -
hiṃsa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

hiṃsā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
niyatā' -
asmiṃś -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
carācare -
carācara (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

carācara (noun, neuter)

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

carācarā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “ahiṃsāmeva tāṃ vidyādvedāddharmo hi nirbabhau ”
ahiṃsāme -
√hiṃs (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vidyād -
vidya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
vedāddh -
veda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
harmo -
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
nir -
niḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

niḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ni (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ni (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nis (Preverb)

[Preverb]
babhau -
√bhā (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023