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 9.15

पौंश्चल्याच्चलचित्ताच्च नैस्नेह्याच्च स्वभावतः ।
रक्षिता यत्नतोऽपीह भर्तृष्वेता विकुर्वते ॥ १५ ॥

pauṃścalyāccalacittācca naisnehyācca svabhāvataḥ |
rakṣitā yatnato'pīha bhartṛṣvetā vikurvate || 15 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.15 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 (9.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paumshcalya, Calacitta, Svabhavatah, Svabhavata, Rakshita, Yatnatah, Yatnata, Api, Iha, Bhartri, Eta, Esha, Vij, Urva, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.15). 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: “pauṃścalyāccalacittācca naisnehyācca svabhāvataḥ
  • pauṃścalyāc -
  • pauṃścalya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • calacittāc -
  • calacitta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    calacitta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • Cannot analyse naisnehyācca*sv
  • svabhāvataḥ -
  • svabhāvataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    svabhāvata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “rakṣitā yatnato'pīha bhartṛṣvetā vikurvate
  • rakṣitā* -
  • rakṣita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rakṣitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    rakṣ -> rakṣita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √rakṣ], [vocative plural from √rakṣ]
    rakṣ -> rakṣitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √rakṣ], [vocative plural from √rakṣ], [accusative plural from √rakṣ]
  • yatnato' -
  • yatnataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yatnata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • apī -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhartṛṣve -
  • bhartṛ (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • etā* -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    etā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    eṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vik -
  • vij (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • urva -
  • urva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
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