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 11.242

तपसैव विशुद्धस्य ब्राह्मणस्य दिवौकसः ।
इज्याश्च प्रतिगृह्णन्ति कामान् संवर्धयन्ति च ॥ २४२ ॥

tapasaiva viśuddhasya brāhmaṇasya divaukasaḥ |
ijyāśca pratigṛhṇanti kāmān saṃvardhayanti ca || 242 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.242 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 (11.242). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tapasa, Tapas, Vishuddha, Brahmana, Divaukas, Divaukasa, Ijya, Prati, Grihnat, Kama, Vardhayat, Vardhayanti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.242). 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: “tapasaiva viśuddhasya brāhmaṇasya divaukasaḥ
  • tapasai -
  • tapasa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tapas (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • viśuddhasya -
  • viśuddha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    viśuddha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • brāhmaṇasya -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • divaukasaḥ -
  • divaukas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    divaukasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ijyāśca pratigṛhṇanti kāmān saṃvardhayanti ca
  • ijyāś -
  • ijya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ijyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    yaj (verb class 1)
    [benedictive active second single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • prati -
  • prati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    prati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pratī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    prati (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • gṛhṇanti -
  • gṛhṇat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    grah -> gṛhṇat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [vocative plural from √grah class 9 verb], [accusative plural from √grah class 9 verb]
    grah (verb class 9)
    [present active third plural]
  • kāmān -
  • kāma (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • vardhayanti -
  • vṛdh -> vardhayantī (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √vṛdh]
    vardh -> vardhayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √vardh class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √vardh class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √vardh class 10 verb]
    vardh -> vardhayantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √vardh class 10 verb]
    vṛdh -> vardhayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √vṛdh], [vocative plural from √vṛdh], [accusative plural from √vṛdh]
    vṛdh -> vardhayantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √vṛdh]
    vardh (verb class 10)
    [present active third plural]
    vṛdh (verb class 0)
    [present active third plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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