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 5.103

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न विप्रं स्वेषु तिष्ठत्सु मृतं शूद्रेण नाययेत् ।
अस्वर्ग्या ह्याहुतिः सा स्यात्शूद्रसंस्पर्शदूषिता ॥ १०३ ॥

na vipraṃ sveṣu tiṣṭhatsu mṛtaṃ śūdreṇa nāyayet |
asvargyā hyāhutiḥ sā syātśūdrasaṃsparśadūṣitā || 103 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.103 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 (5.103). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vipra, Sva, Tishthat, Mrita, Shudra, Asvargya, Ahuti, Syat, Sya, Shudrasamsparsha, Dushita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.103). 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 vipraṃ sveṣu tiṣṭhatsu mṛtaṃ śūdreṇa nāyayet ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vipram -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vipra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

viprā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sveṣu -
sva (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

sva (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
tiṣṭhatsu -
√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]
mṛtam -
mṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mṛta (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

mṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]

√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √mṛ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
śūdreṇa -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
nāyayet -
√nī (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “asvargyā hyāhutiḥ sā syātśūdrasaṃsparśadūṣitā ”
asvargyā* -
asvargya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

asvargyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hyā -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
āhutiḥ -
āhuti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

āhuti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

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

[compound], [vocative single]
dūṣitā -
dūṣitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√duṣ -> dūṣitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √duṣ]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023