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 8.88

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ब्रूहीति ब्राह्मणं पृच्छेत्सत्यं ब्रूहीति पार्थिवम् ।
गोबीजकाञ्चनैर्वैश्यं शूद्रं सर्वैस्तु पातकैः ॥ ८८ ॥

brūhīti brāhmaṇaṃ pṛcchetsatyaṃ brūhīti pārthivam |
gobījakāñcanairvaiśyaṃ śūdraṃ sarvaistu pātakaiḥ || 88 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.88 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 (8.88). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iti, Brahmana, Satyam, Satya, Parthiva, Bijaka, Ancana, Vaishya, Shudra, Sarva, Pataka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.88). 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: “brūhīti brāhmaṇaṃ pṛcchetsatyaṃ brūhīti pārthivam ”
brūhī -
√brū (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
brāhmaṇam -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
pṛcchet -
√praś (verb class 6)

[optative active third single]
satyam -
satyam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

satya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

satya (noun, neuter)

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

satyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
brūhī -
√brū (verb class 2)

[imperative active second single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
pārthivam -
pārthiva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pārthiva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “gobījakāñcanairvaiśyaṃ śūdraṃ sarvaistu pātakaiḥ ”
go -
go (noun, masculine)

[compound]

ga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

gu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
bījakā -
bījaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

bījaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
añcanair -
añcana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
vaiśyam -
vaiśya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vaiśya (noun, neuter)

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

vaiśyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śūdram -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śūdrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sarvais -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
pātakaiḥ -
pātaka (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

pātaka (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023