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 12.40

देवत्वं सात्त्विका यान्ति मनुष्यत्वं च राजसाः ।
तिर्यक्त्वं तामसा नित्यमित्येषा त्रिविधा गतिः ॥ ४० ॥

devatvaṃ sāttvikā yānti manuṣyatvaṃ ca rājasāḥ |
tiryaktvaṃ tāmasā nityamityeṣā trividhā gatiḥ || 40 ||

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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 (12.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Devatva, Sattvika, Yantin, Yanti, Manushyatva, Rajasa, Tiryaktva, Tamasa, Nityam, Nitya, Iti, Itya, Esha, Trividha, Gati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.40). 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: “devatvaṃ sāttvikā yānti manuṣyatvaṃ ca rājasāḥ
  • devatvam -
  • devatva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sāttvikā* -
  • sāttvika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • yānti -
  • yāntin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    yāntin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yāntī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    yāntī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    yāntī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • manuṣyatvam -
  • manuṣyatva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rājasāḥ -
  • rājasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    rājasā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “tiryaktvaṃ tāmasā nityamityeṣā trividhā gatiḥ
  • tiryaktvam -
  • tiryaktva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tāmasā* -
  • tāmasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • itye -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    itya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    itya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ityā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    i -> itya (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> itya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb], [locative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ityā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √i class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √i class 2 verb]
  • eṣā -
  • eṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • trividhā* -
  • trividha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    trividhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • gatiḥ -
  • gati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    gati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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