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 9.4

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कालेऽदाता पिता वाच्यो वाच्यश्चानुपयन्पतिः ।
मृते भर्तरि पुत्रस्तु वाच्यो मातुररक्षिता ॥ ४ ॥

kāle'dātā pitā vācyo vācyaścānupayanpatiḥ |
mṛte bhartari putrastu vācyo māturarakṣitā || 4 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.4 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 (9.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kale, Kala, Adatri, Pitri, Vaci, Vacya, Upayat, Pati, Mrita, Mriti, Bhartri, Putra, Matura, Rakshitri, Rakshita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.4). 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: “kāle'dātā pitā vācyo vācyaścānupayanpatiḥ ”
kāle' -
kāle (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kāla (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

kālā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
adātā -
adātṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pitā -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
vācyo* -
vācī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vācya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vac -> vācya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vac]
vācyaś -
vācī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vācya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vac -> vācya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vac]
cān -
ca (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
upayan -
upayat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
patiḥ -
pati (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “mṛte bhartari putrastu vācyo māturarakṣitā ”
mṛte -
mṛta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

mṛta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

mṛtā (noun, feminine)

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

mṛti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]

√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √mṛ class 1 verb], [locative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √mṛ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √mṛ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √mṛ class 6 verb], [locative single from √mṛ class 6 verb]

√mṛ -> mṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √mṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √mṛ class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √mṛ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √mṛ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √mṛ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √mṛ class 6 verb]
bhartari -
bhartṛ (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
putras -
putra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vācyo* -
vācī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vācya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√vac -> vācya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vac]
mātura -
mātura (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

mātura (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rakṣitā -
rakṣitṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

rakṣitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√rakṣ -> rakṣitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √rakṣ]

√rakṣ (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023