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 9.7

स्वां प्रसूतिं चरित्रं च कुलमात्मानमेव च ।
स्वं च धर्मं प्रयत्नेन जायां रक्षन् हि रक्षति ॥ ७ ॥

svāṃ prasūtiṃ caritraṃ ca kulamātmānameva ca |
svaṃ ca dharmaṃ prayatnena jāyāṃ rakṣan hi rakṣati || 7 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.7 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 (9.7). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sva, Prasuti, Caritra, Kula, Atman, Eva, Dharma, Prayatna, Jaya, Rakshat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.7). 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: “svāṃ prasūtiṃ caritraṃ ca kulamātmānameva ca
  • svām -
  • svā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • prasūtim -
  • prasūti (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • caritram -
  • caritra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    caritrā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kulam -
  • kula (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kula (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kulā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ātmānam -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Line 2: “svaṃ ca dharmaṃ prayatnena jāyāṃ rakṣan hi rakṣati
  • svam -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prayatnena -
  • prayatna (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • jāyām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    jāyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • rakṣan -
  • rakṣ -> rakṣat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • rakṣati -
  • rakṣ -> rakṣat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb]
    rakṣ -> rakṣat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb]
    rakṣ (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
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