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 11.39

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पुण्यान्यन्यानि कुर्वीत श्रद्दधानो जितेन्द्रियः ।
न त्वल्पदक्षिणैर्यज्ञैर्यजेतेह कथं चन ॥ ३९ ॥

puṇyānyanyāni kurvīta śraddadhāno jitendriyaḥ |
na tvalpadakṣiṇairyajñairyajeteha kathaṃ cana || 39 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.39 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 (11.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Punya, Anya, Shraddadhana, Jitendriya, Tva, Alpadakshina, Yajna, Iha, Katham, Katha, Cana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.39). 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: “puṇyānyanyāni kurvīta śraddadhāno jitendriyaḥ ”
puṇyānya -
puṇya (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√puṇ -> puṇya (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √puṇ class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √puṇ class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √puṇ class 10 verb]
anyāni -
anya (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kurvīta -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative middle third single]
śraddadhāno* -
śraddadhāna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jitendriyaḥ -
jitendriya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “na tvalpadakṣiṇairyajñairyajeteha kathaṃ cana ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tva -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

tva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
alpadakṣiṇair -
alpadakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

alpadakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
yajñair -
yajña (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
yajete -
√yaj (verb class 1)

[present middle third dual], [optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
katham -
katham (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

katham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kathā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

katha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

katha (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

cana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cana (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√can (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023