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 8.411

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क्षत्रियं चैव वैश्यं च ब्राह्मणो वृत्तिकर्शितौ ।
बिभृयादानृशंस्येन स्वानि कर्माणि कारयेत् ॥ ४११ ॥

kṣatriyaṃ caiva vaiśyaṃ ca brāhmaṇo vṛttikarśitau |
bibhṛyādānṛśaṃsyena svāni karmāṇi kārayet || 411 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.411 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 (8.411). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kshatriya, Vaishya, Brahmana, Karshita, Anrishamsya, Sva, Svani, Svanin, Svan, Karman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.411). 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: “kṣatriyaṃ caiva vaiśyaṃ ca brāhmaṇo vṛttikarśitau ”
kṣatriyam -
kṣatriya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣatriya (noun, neuter)

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

kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
vaiśyam -
vaiśya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vaiśya (noun, neuter)

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

vaiśyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
brāhmaṇo* -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vṛtti -
vṛtti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
karśitau -
karśita (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√kṛś -> karśita (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √kṛś], [vocative dual from √kṛś], [accusative dual from √kṛś]
Line 2: “bibhṛyādānṛśaṃsyena svāni karmāṇi kārayet ”
bibhṛyād -
√bhṛ (verb class 3)

[optative active third single]
ānṛśaṃsyena -
ānṛśaṃsya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

ānṛśaṃsya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
svāni -
svāni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

svāni (noun, neuter)

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

svāni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

svānin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

svānin (noun, neuter)

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

sva (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

svan (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
karmāṇi -
karman (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kārayet -
√kṛ (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023