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 10.21

व्रात्यात्तु जायते विप्रात्पापात्मा भूर्जकण्टकः ।
आवन्त्यवाटधानौ च पुष्पधः शैख एव च ॥ २१ ॥

vrātyāttu jāyate viprātpāpātmā bhūrjakaṇṭakaḥ |
āvantyavāṭadhānau ca puṣpadhaḥ śaikha eva ca || 21 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.21 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 (10.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vratya, Jayat, Vipra, Papatman, Bhurjakantaka, Avantya, Vatadhana, Pushpadha, Shaikha, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.21). 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: “vrātyāttu jāyate viprātpāpātmā bhūrjakaṇṭakaḥ
  • vrātyāt -
  • vrātya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vrātya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single]
  • viprāt -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vipra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • pāpātmā -
  • pāpātman (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhūrjakaṇṭakaḥ -
  • bhūrjakaṇṭaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “āvantyavāṭadhānau ca puṣpadhaḥ śaikha eva ca
  • āvantya -
  • āvantya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āvantya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vāṭadhānau -
  • vāṭadhāna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • puṣpadhaḥ -
  • puṣpadha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śaikha* -
  • śaikha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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