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 11.53

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चरितव्यमतो नित्यं प्रायश्चित्तं विशुद्धये ।
निन्द्यैर्हि लक्षणैर्युक्ता जायन्तेऽनिष्कृतेनसः ॥ ५३ ॥

caritavyamato nityaṃ prāyaścittaṃ viśuddhaye |
nindyairhi lakṣaṇairyuktā jāyante'niṣkṛtenasaḥ || 53 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.53 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 (11.53). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Caritavya, Atah, Nityam, Nitya, Prayashcitta, Vishuddhi, Nindya, Lakshana, Yukta, Jayanta, Anishkrita, Sah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.53). 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: “caritavyamato nityaṃ prāyaścittaṃ viśuddhaye ”
caritavyam -
caritavya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

caritavya (noun, neuter)

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

caritavyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ato* -
ataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
prāyaścittam -
prāyaścitta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

prāyaścitta (noun, neuter)

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

prāyaścittā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
viśuddhaye -
viśuddhi (noun, feminine)

[dative single]
Line 2: “nindyairhi lakṣaṇairyuktā jāyante'niṣkṛtenasaḥ ”
nindyair -
nindya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

nindya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

√nind -> nindya (participle, masculine)

[instrumental plural from √nind class 1 verb]

√nind -> nindya (participle, neuter)

[instrumental plural from √nind class 1 verb]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
lakṣaṇair -
lakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

lakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
yuktā* -
yukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

yuktā (noun, feminine)

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

√yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √yuj class 7 verb]

√yuj -> yuktā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative plural from √yuj class 7 verb]
jāyante' -
jāyanta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

√jai (verb class 1)

[present middle third plural]

√jan (verb class 4)

[present middle third plural]
aniṣkṛtena -
aniṣkṛta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

aniṣkṛta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
saḥ -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023