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 9.110

यो ज्येष्ठो ज्येष्ठवृत्तिः स्यान्मातैव स पितैव सः ।
अज्येष्ठवृत्तिर्यस्तु स्यात्स सम्पूज्यस्तु बन्धुवत् ॥ ११० ॥

yo jyeṣṭho jyeṣṭhavṛttiḥ syānmātaiva sa pitaiva saḥ |
ajyeṣṭhavṛttiryastu syātsa sampūjyastu bandhuvat || 110 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.110 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 (9.110). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Jyeshtha, Jyeshthavritti, Syat, Sya, Matri, Mata, Pitri, Sah, Ajyeshthavritti, Sampujya, Bandhuvat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.110). 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: “yo jyeṣṭho jyeṣṭhavṛttiḥ syānmātaiva sa pitaiva saḥ
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jyeṣṭho* -
  • jyeṣṭha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jyeṣṭhavṛttiḥ -
  • jyeṣṭhavṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    jyeṣṭhavṛtti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • syān -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • mātai -
  • māta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    māta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    mātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural], [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 4)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pitai -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
    pi (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • saḥ -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ajyeṣṭhavṛttiryastu syātsa sampūjyastu bandhuvat
  • ajyeṣṭhavṛttir -
  • ajyeṣṭhavṛtti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ajyeṣṭhavṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • yas -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sampūjyas -
  • sampūjya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bandhuvat -
  • bandhuvat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    bandhuvat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
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