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 9.124

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ज्येष्ठस्तु जातो ज्येष्ठायां हरेद्वृषभषोडशाः ।
ततः स्वमातृतः शेषा भजेरन्निति धारणा ॥ १२४ ॥

jyeṣṭhastu jāto jyeṣṭhāyāṃ haredvṛṣabhaṣoḍaśāḥ |
tataḥ svamātṛtaḥ śeṣā bhajeranniti dhāraṇā || 124 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.124 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 (9.124). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Jyeshtha, Jatri, Jata, Vrishabhashodasha, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Sva, Rita, Shesha, Iti, Dharana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.124). 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: “jyeṣṭhastu jāto jyeṣṭhāyāṃ haredvṛṣabhaṣoḍaśāḥ ”
jyeṣṭhas -
jyeṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
jāto* -
jātṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

jāta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√jan -> jāta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jan class 1 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 2 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jan class 4 verb]
jyeṣṭhāyām -
jyeṣṭhā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
hared -
√hṛ (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
vṛṣabhaṣoḍaśāḥ -
vṛṣabhaṣoḍaśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vṛṣabhaṣoḍaśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “tataḥ svamātṛtaḥ śeṣā bhajeranniti dhāraṇā ”
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
svam -
sva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

svan (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

sva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
āt -
āt (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ṛtaḥ -
ṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śeṣā* -
śeṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

śeṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhajerann -
√bhaj (verb class 1)

[optative middle third plural]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
dhāraṇā -
dhāraṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023