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 10.131

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एष धर्मविधिः कृत्स्नश्चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य कीर्तितः ।
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रायश्चित्तविधिं शुभम् ॥ १३१ ॥

eṣa dharmavidhiḥ kṛtsnaścāturvarṇyasya kīrtitaḥ |
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi prāyaścittavidhiṃ śubham || 131 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.131 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 (10.131). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Esha, Dharmavidhi, Kritsna, Caturvarnya, Kirtita, Atah, Param, Para, Prava, Kshi, Amin, Prayashcittavidhi, Shubha, Shubh,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.131). 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: “eṣa dharmavidhiḥ kṛtsnaścāturvarṇyasya kīrtitaḥ ”
eṣa -
eṣa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√eṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]

√iṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
dharmavidhiḥ -
dharmavidhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
kṛtsnaś -
kṛtsna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cāturvarṇyasya -
cāturvarṇya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
kīrtitaḥ -
kīrtita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kīrt -> kīrtita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kīrt class 10 verb]
Line 2: “ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi prāyaścittavidhiṃ śubham ”
ataḥ -
ataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
param -
param (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

para (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

para (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
prava -
prava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣyā -
kṣi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
ami -
amin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

amin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
prāyaścittavidhim -
prāyaścittavidhi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
śubham -
śubha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śubha (noun, neuter)

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

śubhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

śubh (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023