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 10.40

सङ्करे जातयस्त्वेताः पितृमातृप्रदर्शिताः ।
प्रच्छन्ना वा प्रकाशा वा वेदितव्याः स्वकर्मभिः ॥ ४० ॥

saṅkare jātayastvetāḥ pitṛmātṛpradarśitāḥ |
pracchannā vā prakāśā vā veditavyāḥ svakarmabhiḥ || 40 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.40 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 (10.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sankara, Jati, Jataya, Tva, Eta, Esha, Pradarshita, Pracchanna, Prakasha, Var, Veditavya, Svakarman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.40). 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: “saṅkare jātayastvetāḥ pitṛmātṛpradarśitāḥ
  • saṅkare -
  • saṅkara (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    saṅkara (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • jātayas -
  • jāti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    jātaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tve -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    tva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • etāḥ -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    etā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    eṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • pitṛ -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • mātṛ -
  • mātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    mātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • pradarśitāḥ -
  • pradarśita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pradarśitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “pracchannā prakāśā veditavyāḥ svakarmabhiḥ
  • pracchannā* -
  • pracchanna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    pracchannā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • prakāśā* -
  • prakāśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prakāśā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vā* -
  • vār (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vār (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    va (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • veditavyāḥ -
  • veditavya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    veditavyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    vid -> veditavya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √vid class 2 verb]
    vid -> veditavyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √vid class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √vid class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √vid class 2 verb]
    vid -> veditavya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √vid class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √vid class 7 verb]
    vid -> veditavyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √vid class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √vid class 7 verb], [accusative plural from √vid class 7 verb]
  • svakarmabhiḥ -
  • svakarman (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
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