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 7.105

नास्य छिद्रं परो विद्याद्विद्यात्छिद्रं परस्य च ।
गूहेत्कूर्म इवाङ्गानि रक्षेद्विवरमात्मनः ॥ १०५ ॥

nāsya chidraṃ paro vidyādvidyātchidraṃ parasya ca |
gūhetkūrma ivāṅgāni rakṣedvivaramātmanaḥ || 105 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 7.105 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 (7.105). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nasya, Chidra, Parah, Para, Vidya, Kurma, Iva, Anga, Vivara, Atman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 7.105). 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: “nāsya chidraṃ paro vidyādvidyātchidraṃ parasya ca
  • nāsya -
  • nāsya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nās -> nāsya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √nās]
    nās -> nāsya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √nās class 1 verb]
    nās -> nāsya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √nās class 1 verb]
    nas -> nāsya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √nas class 1 verb]
    nas -> nāsya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √nas class 1 verb]
  • chidram -
  • chidra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    chidra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    chidrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • paro* -
  • paraḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vidyād -
  • vidya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • vidyāt -
  • vidya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • chidram -
  • chidra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    chidra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    chidrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • parasya -
  • para (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    para (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “gūhetkūrma ivāṅgāni rakṣedvivaramātmanaḥ
  • gūhet -
  • guh (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • kūrma* -
  • kūrma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ivā -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • aṅgāni -
  • aṅga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    aṅg (verb class 1)
    [imperative active first single]
  • rakṣed -
  • rakṣ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • vivaram -
  • vivara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ātmanaḥ -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
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