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 11.10

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वृद्धौ च मातापितरौ साध्वी भार्या शिशुः सुतः ।
अप्यकार्यशतं कृत्वा भर्तव्या मनुरब्रवीत् ॥ १० ॥

vṛddhau ca mātāpitarau sādhvī bhāryā śiśuḥ sutaḥ |
apyakāryaśataṃ kṛtvā bhartavyā manurabravīt || 10 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.10 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 (11.10). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vriddha, Vriddhi, Matri, Mata, Pitri, Sadhvi, Sadhvin, Bharya, Shishu, Sut, Suta, Api, Apya, Akarin, Akarya, Ashata, Kritva, Kritvan, Bhartavya, Manu, Manus,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.10). 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: “vṛddhau ca mātāpitarau sādhvī bhāryā śiśuḥ sutaḥ ”
vṛddhau -
vṛddha (noun, masculine)

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

vṛddhi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

vṛddhi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √vṛdh class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √vṛdh class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mātā -
mātṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

mātā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

mātṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√mā (verb class 3)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√mā (verb class 4)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√mā (verb class 3)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√mā (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
pitarau -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
sādhvī -
sādhvī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

sādhvin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhāryā -
bhāryā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √bhṛ]
śiśuḥ -
śiśu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śiśu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sutaḥ -
sut (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

sut (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

suta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√su -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √su class 5 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 6 verb]

√sū -> suta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sū class 2 verb]

√su (verb class 2)

[present active third dual]
Line 2: “apyakāryaśataṃ kṛtvā bhartavyā manurabravīt ”
apya -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

apya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ap (noun, neuter)

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

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
akārya -
akārin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single]

akārin (noun, neuter)

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

akārya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

akārya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√kṛ (verb class 1)

[aorist middle third single]

√kṛ (verb class 2)

[aorist middle third single]

√kṛ (verb class 5)

[aorist middle third single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[aorist middle third single]
aśatam -
aśata (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kṛtvā -
kṛtvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kṛtvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √kṛ]

kṛtvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhartavyā* -
bhartavya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

bhartavyā (noun, feminine)

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

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

manu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

manu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
abravīt -
√brū (verb class 2)

[imperfect active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023