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 9.51

तथैवाक्षेत्रिणो बीजं परक्षेत्रप्रवापिणः ।
कुर्वन्ति क्षेत्रिणामर्थं न बीजी लभते फलम् ॥ ५१ ॥

tathaivākṣetriṇo bījaṃ parakṣetrapravāpiṇaḥ |
kurvanti kṣetriṇāmarthaṃ na bījī labhate phalam || 51 ||

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

Tatha, Akshetrin, Bija, Parakshetra, Pravapin, Kurvat, Kshetrin, Artha, Bijin, Labhat, Phala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “tathaivākṣetriṇo bījaṃ parakṣetrapravāpiṇaḥ
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aivā -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • akṣetriṇo* -
  • akṣetrin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    akṣetrin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • bījam -
  • bīja (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    bīja (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    bījā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • parakṣetra -
  • parakṣetra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • pravāpiṇaḥ -
  • pravāpin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    pravāpin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “kurvanti kṣetriṇāmarthaṃ na bījī labhate phalam
  • kurvanti -
  • kurvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [present active third plural]
  • kṣetriṇām -
  • kṣetrin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    kṣetrin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • artham -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bījī -
  • bījin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • labhate -
  • labh -> labhat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labhat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • phalam -
  • phala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    phala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    phalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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