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 10.10

विप्रस्य त्रिषु वर्णेषु नृपतेर्वर्णयोर्द्वयोः ।
वैश्यस्य वर्णे चैकस्मिन् षडेतेऽपसदाः स्मृताः ॥ १० ॥

viprasya triṣu varṇeṣu nṛpatervarṇayordvayoḥ |
vaiśyasya varṇe caikasmin ṣaḍete'pasadāḥ smṛtāḥ || 10 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.10 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 (10.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vipra, Tri, Varna, Nripati, Dva, Dvayu, Vaishya, Varni, Eka, Shada, Shadi, Ita, Iti, Apasada, Smrita, Smrito,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.10). 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: “viprasya triṣu varṇeṣu nṛpatervarṇayordvayoḥ
  • viprasya -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    vipra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • triṣu -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • varṇeṣu -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • nṛpater -
  • nṛpati (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • varṇayor -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    varṇā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • dvayoḥ -
  • dva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    dva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    dvā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    dvayu (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dvayu (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “vaiśyasya varṇe caikasmin ṣaḍete'pasadāḥ smṛtāḥ
  • vaiśyasya -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    vaiśya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • varṇe -
  • varṇa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    varṇa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    varṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    varṇi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ekasmin -
  • eka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    eka (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • ṣaḍe -
  • ṣaḍa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    ṣaḍa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ṣaḍi (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    ṣaḍi (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • ite' -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ita (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    itā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb], [locative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> itā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present middle third single]
  • apasadāḥ -
  • apasada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • smṛtāḥ -
  • smṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    smṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    smṛto (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]
    smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √smṛ class 1 verb]
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