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 8.353

तत्समुत्थो हि लोकस्य जायते वर्णसङ्करः ।
येन मूलहरोऽधर्मः सर्वनाशाय कल्पते ॥ ३५३ ॥

tatsamuttho hi lokasya jāyate varṇasaṅkaraḥ |
yena mūlaharo'dharmaḥ sarvanāśāya kalpate || 353 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.353 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 (8.353). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tat, Tad, Samuttha, Loka, Jayat, Varnasankara, Yena, Yah, Yat, Mulahara, Adharma, Sarvanasha, Kalpata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.353). 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: “tatsamuttho hi lokasya jāyate varṇasaṅkaraḥ
  • tat -
  • tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • samuttho* -
  • samuttha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • lokasya -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single]
  • varṇasaṅkaraḥ -
  • varṇasaṅkara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “yena mūlaharo'dharmaḥ sarvanāśāya kalpate
  • yena -
  • yena (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • mūlaharo' -
  • mūlahara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adharmaḥ -
  • adharma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarvanāśāya -
  • sarvanāśa (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • kalpate -
  • kalpatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kḷp (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
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