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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 12.89
इह चामुत्र वा काम्यं प्रवृत्तं कर्म कीर्त्यते ।
निष्कामं ज्ञातपूर्वं तु निवृत्तमुपदिश्यते ॥ ८९ ॥
iha cāmutra vā kāmyaṃ pravṛttaṃ karma kīrtyate |
niṣkāmaṃ jñātapūrvaṃ tu nivṛttamupadiśyate || 89 ||
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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 (12.89). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Iha, Camu, Tra, Kamya, Pravritta, Karman, Nishkama, Jnata, Purvam, Purva, Nivritta, Upadishya, Tad, Yushmad,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “iha cāmutra vā kāmyaṃ pravṛttaṃ karma kīrtyate ”
- iha -
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iha (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]iha (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- cāmu -
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cāmu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]cāmu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]cāmu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tra -
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tra (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]tra (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- vā -
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vā (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]vā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]√vā (verb class 1)[imperative active second single]
- kāmyam -
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kāmya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]kāmya (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]kāmyā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√kam -> kāmya (participle, masculine)[adverb from √kam]√kam -> kāmya (participle, neuter)[adverb from √kam]√kam -> kāmyā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √kam]√kam -> kāmya (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √kam]√kam -> kāmya (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √kam], [accusative single from √kam]
- pravṛttam -
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pravṛtta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pravṛtta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]pravṛttā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- karma -
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karman (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- kīrtyate -
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√kīrt (verb class 10)[present passive third single]
- Line 2: “niṣkāmaṃ jñātapūrvaṃ tu nivṛttamupadiśyate ”
- niṣkāmam -
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niṣkāma (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]niṣkāma (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]niṣkāmā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- jñāta -
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jñāta (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]jñāta (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]√jñā -> jñāta (participle, masculine)[vocative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [vocative single from √jñā class 9 verb]√jñā -> jñāta (participle, neuter)[vocative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [vocative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
- pūrvam -
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pūrvam (indeclinable)[indeclinable]pūrva (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]pūrva (noun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- tu -
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tu (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- nivṛttam -
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nivṛtta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]nivṛtta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]nivṛttā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- upadiśya -
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upadiśya (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- te -
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ta (noun, masculine)[locative single]ta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]tā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]tad (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]sa (noun, masculine)[nominative plural]sā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [accusative dual]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[dative single], [genitive single]