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 10.77

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त्रयो धर्मा निवर्तन्ते ब्राह्मणात्क्षत्रियं प्रति ।
अध्यापनं याजनं च तृतीयश्च प्रतिग्रहः ॥ ७७ ॥

trayo dharmā nivartante brāhmaṇātkṣatriyaṃ prati |
adhyāpanaṃ yājanaṃ ca tṛtīyaśca pratigrahaḥ || 77 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.77 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 (10.77). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Traya, Tri, Dharma, Brahmana, Kshatriya, Prati, Adhyapana, Yajana, Tritiya, Pratigraha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.77). 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: “trayo dharmā nivartante brāhmaṇātkṣatriyaṃ prati ”
trayo* -
traya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

tri (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
dharmā* -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ni -
ni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ni (noun, neuter)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

nī (noun, neuter)

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

nī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ni (Preverb)

[Preverb]
vartante -
√vṛt (verb class 1)

[present middle third plural]
brāhmaṇāt -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
kṣatriyam -
kṣatriya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣatriya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prati -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, feminine)

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

pratī (noun, neuter)

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

prati (Preverb)

[Preverb]
Line 2: “adhyāpanaṃ yājanaṃ ca tṛtīyaśca pratigrahaḥ ”
adhyāpanam -
adhyāpana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

adhyāpanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yājanam -
yājana (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]
tṛtīyaś -
tṛtīya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pratigrahaḥ -
pratigraha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023