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 8.85

मन्यन्ते वै पापकृतो न कश्चित्पश्यतीति नः ।
तांस्तु देवाः प्रपश्यन्ति स्वस्यैवान्तरपूरुषः ॥ ८५ ॥

manyante vai pāpakṛto na kaścitpaśyatīti naḥ |
tāṃstu devāḥ prapaśyanti svasyaivāntarapūruṣaḥ || 85 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.85 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 (8.85). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Papakrit, Kah, Cit, Pashyat, Iti, Asmad, Deva, Prapashyat, Sva, Vanta, Apurusha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.85). 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: “manyante vai pāpakṛto na kaścitpaśyatīti naḥ
  • manyante -
  • man (verb class 4)
    [present middle third plural], [present passive third plural]
    man (verb class 8)
    [present passive third plural]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
  • pāpakṛto* -
  • pāpakṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    pāpakṛt (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kaś -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cit -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • paśyatī -
  • paśyat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    paśyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • naḥ -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “tāṃstu devāḥ prapaśyanti svasyaivāntarapūruṣaḥ
  • tāṃs -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • devāḥ -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • prapaśyanti -
  • prapaśyat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • svasyai -
  • svā (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
  • vānta -
  • vānta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vānta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vam -> vānta (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √vam class 1 verb]
    vam -> vānta (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √vam class 1 verb]
  • ra -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • apūruṣaḥ -
  • apūruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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