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 10.117

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ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वाऽपि वृद्धिं नैव प्रयोजयेत् ।
कामं तु खलु धर्मार्थं दद्यात्पापीयसेऽल्पिकाम् ॥ ११७ ॥

brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vā'pi vṛddhiṃ naiva prayojayet |
kāmaṃ tu khalu dharmārthaṃ dadyātpāpīyase'lpikām || 117 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.117 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 (10.117). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Kshatriya, Api, Vriddhi, Naiva, Prayas, Kamam, Kama, Khalu, Dharmartha, Papiyas, Papiyasa, Alpika,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.117). 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: “brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vā'pi vṛddhiṃ naiva prayojayet ”
brāhmaṇaḥ -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kṣatriyo* -
kṣatriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vā' -
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
vṛddhim -
vṛddhi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

vṛddhi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
naiva -
naiva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
prayo -
prayas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

prayas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
jayet -
√ji (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “kāmaṃ tu khalu dharmārthaṃ dadyātpāpīyase'lpikām ”
kāmam -
kāmam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kāma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kāma (noun, neuter)

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

kāmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
khalu -
khalu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

khalu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

khalu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

khalu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
dharmārtham -
dharmārtha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
dadyāt -
√dā (verb class 3)

[optative active third single]
pāpīyase' -
pāpīyas (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

pāpīyas (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

pāpīyasā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
alpikām -
alpikā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023