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 10.41

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स्वजातिजानन्तरजाः षट् सुता द्विजधर्मिणः ।
शूद्राणां तु सधर्माणः सर्वेऽपध्वंसजाः स्मृताः ॥ ४१ ॥

svajātijānantarajāḥ ṣaṭ sutā dvijadharmiṇaḥ |
śūdrāṇāṃ tu sadharmāṇaḥ sarve'padhvaṃsajāḥ smṛtāḥ || 41 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.41 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 (10.41). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svajati, Janat, Tara, Shat, Shash, Suta, Dvija, Dharmin, Dharmi, Shudra, Sadharman, Sarva, Apadhvamsaja, Smrita, Smrito,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.41). 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: “svajātijānantarajāḥ ṣaṭ sutā dvijadharmiṇaḥ ”
svajāti -
svajāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

svajāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

svajāti (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
jānan -
jānat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

√jñā -> jānat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb], [vocative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
tara -
tara (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tara (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tara (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√tṝ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
jāḥ -
ja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

jā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ṣaṭ -
ṣaṭ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ṣaṣ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

ṣaṣ (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sutā* -
suta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sutā (noun, feminine)

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

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √su class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √su class 5 verb]

√su -> sutā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √su class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √su class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √sū class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> sutā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √sū class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √sū class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √sū class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √sū class 2 verb]

√sū -> sutā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √sū class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √sū class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √sū class 2 verb]
dvija -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dvija (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dharmiṇaḥ -
dharmin (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

dharmin (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

dharmī (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “śūdrāṇāṃ tu sadharmāṇaḥ sarve'padhvaṃsajāḥ smṛtāḥ ”
śūdrāṇām -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

śūdrā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sadharmāṇaḥ -
sadharman (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
sarve' -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

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

sarvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
apadhvaṃsajāḥ -
apadhvaṃsaja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

apadhvaṃsajā (noun, feminine)

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

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023