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 10.42

तपोबीजप्रभावैस्तु ते गच्छन्ति युगे युगे ।
उत्कर्षं चापकर्षं च मनुष्येष्विह जन्मतः ॥ ४२ ॥

tapobījaprabhāvaistu te gacchanti yuge yuge |
utkarṣaṃ cāpakarṣaṃ ca manuṣyeṣviha janmataḥ || 42 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.42 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 (10.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tap, Tapa, Tapu, Tapas, Bija, Prabhava, Tad, Yushmad, Gacchat, Yuga, Utkarsha, Capa, Karsha, Manushya, Manushyeshu, Iha, Janmatah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.42). 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: “tapobījaprabhāvaistu te gacchanti yuge yuge
  • tapo -
  • tapas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tap (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    tap (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    tapa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tapu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    tapu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • bīja -
  • bīja (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bīja (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prabhāvais -
  • prabhāva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • gacchanti -
  • gacchat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    gam (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • yuge -
  • yuga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • yuge -
  • yuga (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • Line 2: “utkarṣaṃ cāpakarṣaṃ ca manuṣyeṣviha janmataḥ
  • utkarṣam -
  • utkarṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    utkarṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    utkarṣā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • cāpa -
  • cāpa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cāpa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • karṣam -
  • karṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    karṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • manuṣyeṣvi -
  • manuṣyeṣu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    manuṣya (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    manuṣya (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • janmataḥ -
  • janmataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
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