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 8.417

विस्रब्धं ब्राह्मणः शूद्राद्द्रव्योपादानमाचरेत् ।
न हि तस्यास्ति किं चित्स्वं भर्तृहार्यधनो हि सः ॥ ४१७ ॥

visrabdhaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ śūdrāddravyopādānamācaret |
na hi tasyāsti kiṃ citsvaṃ bhartṛhāryadhano hi saḥ || 417 ||

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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 (8.417). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Visrabdha, Brahmana, Shudra, Dravya, Dravi, Upadana, Tad, Asti, Kim, Cit, Bhartriharyadhana, Sah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.417). 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: “visrabdhaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ śūdrāddravyopādānamācaret
  • visrabdham -
  • visrabdha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    visrabdha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • brāhmaṇaḥ -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śūdrād -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • dravyo -
  • dravya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dravya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dravyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    dravī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    dravī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • upādānam -
  • upādāna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • caret -
  • car (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “na hi tasyāsti kiṃ citsvaṃ bhartṛhāryadhano hi saḥ
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tasyā -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • asti -
  • asti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    astī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    astī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • citsva -
  • cit (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    cit (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    cit (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • bhartṛhāryadhano* -
  • bhartṛhāryadhana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • saḥ -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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