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 11.34

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क्षत्रियो बाहुवीर्येण तरेदापदमात्मनः ।
धनेन वैश्यशूद्रौ तु जपहोमैर्द्विजोत्तमः ॥ ३४ ॥

kṣatriyo bāhuvīryeṇa taredāpadamātmanaḥ |
dhanena vaiśyaśūdrau tu japahomairdvijottamaḥ || 34 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.34 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 (11.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kshatriya, Bahuvirya, Apad, Atman, Dhana, Vaishya, Shudra, Japahoma, Dvijottama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.34). 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: “kṣatriyo bāhuvīryeṇa taredāpadamātmanaḥ ”
kṣatriyo* -
kṣatriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bāhuvīryeṇa -
bāhuvīrya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

bāhuvīrya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tared -
√tṝ (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
āpadam -
āpadā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

āpad (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ātmanaḥ -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “dhanena vaiśyaśūdrau tu japahomairdvijottamaḥ ”
dhanena -
dhana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

dhana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
vaiśya -
vaiśya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vaiśya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śūdrau -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
japahomair -
japahoma (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
dvijottamaḥ -
dvijottama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023