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 9.237

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गुरुतल्पे भगः कार्यः सुरापाने सुराध्वजः ।
स्तेये च श्वपदं कार्यं ब्रह्महण्यशिराः पुमान् ॥ २३७ ॥

gurutalpe bhagaḥ kāryaḥ surāpāne surādhvajaḥ |
steye ca śvapadaṃ kāryaṃ brahmahaṇyaśirāḥ pumān || 237 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.237 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 (9.237). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Gurutalpa, Bhaga, Bhagas, Kari, Karya, Surapana, Suradhvaja, Steya, Shvapada, Brahmahan, Ashira, Ashiras, Pums,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.237). 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: “gurutalpe bhagaḥ kāryaḥ surāpāne surādhvajaḥ ”
gurutalpe -
gurutalpa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
bhagaḥ -
bhagas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

bhaga (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kāryaḥ -
kārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
surāpāne -
surāpāna (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

surāpāna (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

surāpānā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
surādhvajaḥ -
surādhvaja (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “steye ca śvapadaṃ kāryaṃ brahmahaṇyaśirāḥ pumān ”
steye -
steya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

√stai -> steya (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √stai class 1 verb]

√stai -> steya (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √stai class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √stai class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √stai class 1 verb], [locative single from √stai class 1 verb]

√stai -> steyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √stai class 1 verb], [vocative single from √stai class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √stai class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √stai class 1 verb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śvapadam -
śvapada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kāryam -
kārya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kārya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

kāryā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[adverb from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[adverb from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kāryā (participle, feminine)

[adverb from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ], [accusative single from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb], [accusative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb], [accusative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
brahmahaṇya -
brahmahan (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

brahmahan (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
aśirāḥ -
aśira (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

aśiras (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pumān -
puṃs (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023