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 5.159

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अपत्यलोभाद्या तु स्त्री भर्तारमतिवर्तते ।
सेह निन्दामवाप्नोति परलोकाच्च हीयते ॥ १५९ ॥

apatyalobhādyā tu strī bhartāramativartate |
seha nindāmavāpnoti paralokācca hīyate || 159 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.159 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:
Read online Buy now! The Sanskrit text by Ganganath Jha (1999)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (5.159). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Apati, Apatya, Alobha, Stri, Bhartri, Ati, Vartat, Paraloka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.159). 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: “apatyalobhādyā tu strī bhartāramativartate ”
apatya -
apati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

apati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

apatya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
alobhād -
alobha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
strī -
strī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
bhartāram -
bhartṛ (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ati -
ati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ati (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ati (Preverb)

[Preverb]
vartate -
√vṛt -> vartat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]

√vṛt -> vartat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √vṛt class 1 verb]

√vṛt (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
Line 2: “seha nindāmavāpnoti paralokācca hīyate ”
seha -
√sah (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural]

√sah (verb class 4)

[perfect active second plural]
nindāma -
√nind (verb class 1)

[imperative active first plural]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

u (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

ū (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

ū (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

ū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

o (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

au (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

au (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

va (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

va (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
āpnoti -
√āp (verb class 5)

[present active third single]
paralokāc -
paraloka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hīyate -
√hā (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√hā (verb class 3)

[present passive third single]

√hi (verb class 5)

[present passive third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023