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 10.129

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शक्तेनापि हि शूद्रेण न कार्यो धनसञ्चयः ।
शूद्रो हि धनमासाद्य ब्राह्मणानेव बाधते ॥ १२९ ॥

śaktenāpi hi śūdreṇa na kāryo dhanasañcayaḥ |
śūdro hi dhanamāsādya brāhmaṇāneva bādhate || 129 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.129 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 (10.129). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shakta, Api, Shudra, Kari, Karya, Dhanasancaya, Dhana, Asadya, Brahmana, Eva, Badhata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.129). 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: “śaktenāpi hi śūdreṇa na kāryo dhanasañcayaḥ ”
śaktenā -
śakta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

śakta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śac -> śakta (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √śac class 1 verb]

√śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √śak class 5 verb]

√śak -> śakta (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √śak class 5 verb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
śūdreṇa -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kāryo* -
kārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
dhanasañcayaḥ -
dhanasañcaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śūdro hi dhanamāsādya brāhmaṇāneva bādhate ”
śūdro* -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
dhanam -
dhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āsādya -
āsādya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

āsādya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
brāhmaṇān -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bādhate -
bādhatā (noun, feminine)

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

√bādh (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023