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 10.2

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सर्वेषां ब्राह्मणो विद्याद्वृत्त्युपायान्यथाविधि ।
प्रब्रूयादितरेभ्यश्च स्वयं चैव तथा भवेत् ॥ २ ॥

sarveṣāṃ brāhmaṇo vidyādvṛttyupāyānyathāvidhi |
prabrūyāditarebhyaśca svayaṃ caiva tathā bhavet || 2 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.2 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 (10.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarva, Brahmana, Vidya, Vrittyupaya, Yathavidhi, Pra, Itara, Svayam, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.2). 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: “sarveṣāṃ brāhmaṇo vidyādvṛttyupāyānyathāvidhi ”
sarveṣām -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
brāhmaṇo* -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vidyād -
vidya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
vṛttyupāyān -
vṛttyupāya (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
yathāvidhi -
yathāvidhi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “prabrūyāditarebhyaśca svayaṃ caiva tathā bhavet ”
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
brūyād -
√brū (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
itarebhyaś -
itara (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

itara (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
tathā* -
tathā (noun, feminine)

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

tatha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023