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 9.57

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भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य भार्या या गुरुपत्न्यनुजस्य सा ।
यवीयसस्तु या भार्या स्नुषा ज्येष्ठस्य सा स्मृता ॥ ५७ ॥

bhrāturjyeṣṭhasya bhāryā yā gurupatnyanujasya sā |
yavīyasastu yā bhāryā snuṣā jyeṣṭhasya sā smṛtā || 57 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.57 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 (9.57). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhratri, Jyeshtha, Bharya, Gurupatni, Anuja, Yaviyas, Yaviyasa, Snusha, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.57). 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: “bhrāturjyeṣṭhasya bhāryā yā gurupatnyanujasya sā ”
bhrātur -
bhrātṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
jyeṣṭhasya -
jyeṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

jyeṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
bhāryā* -
bhārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhāryā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√bhṛ -> bhārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √bhṛ], [vocative plural from √bhṛ]

√bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √bhṛ], [vocative plural from √bhṛ], [accusative plural from √bhṛ]
yā* -
yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
gurupatnya -
gurupatnī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
anujasya -
anuja (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

anuja (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “yavīyasastu yā bhāryā snuṣā jyeṣṭhasya sā smṛtā ”
yavīyasas -
yavīyas (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

yavīyas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yavīyasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
yā* -
yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
bhāryā -
bhāryā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √bhṛ]
snuṣā* -
snuṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
jyeṣṭhasya -
jyeṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

jyeṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
sā -
sā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
smṛtā -
smṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023