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 12.68

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यद्वा तद्वा परद्रव्यमपहृत्य बलान्नरः ।
अवश्यं याति तिर्यक्त्वं जग्ध्वा चैवाहुतं हविः ॥ ६८ ॥

yadvā tadvā paradravyamapahṛtya balānnaraḥ |
avaśyaṃ yāti tiryaktvaṃ jagdhvā caivāhutaṃ haviḥ || 68 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.68 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 (12.68). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yadva, Yadvan, Tadva, Tadvan, Paradravya, Bala, Ara, Avashyam, Yat, Yati, Tiryaktva, Jagdhva, Ahuta, Havis,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.68). 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: “yadvā tadvā paradravyamapahṛtya balānnaraḥ ”
yadvā -
yadvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yadvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tadvā -
tadvā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tadvan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
paradravyam -
paradravya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
apahṛtya -
balānn -
bala (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
araḥ -
ara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “avaśyaṃ yāti tiryaktvaṃ jagdhvā caivāhutaṃ haviḥ ”
avaśyam -
avaśyam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

avaśyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yāti -
yāti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

yāti (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

yāt (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yāt (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√yā (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
tiryaktvam -
tiryaktva (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]

√jakṣ -> jagdhvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √jakṣ]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aivā -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
ahutam -
ahuta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ahuta (noun, neuter)

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

ahutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
haviḥ -
havis (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023