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 1.26

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कर्मणां च विवेकार्थं धर्माधर्मौ व्यवेचयत् ।
द्वन्द्वैरयोजयच्चैमाः सुखदुःखादिभिः प्रजाः ॥ २६ ॥

karmaṇāṃ ca vivekārthaṃ dharmādharmau vyavecayat |
dvandvairayojayaccaimāḥ sukhaduḥkhādibhiḥ prajāḥ || 26 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.26 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 (1.26). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Karman, Vivekartham, Dharmadharma, Vya, Dvandva, Sukhaduhkhadi, Praja, Prajas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.26). 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: “karmaṇāṃ ca vivekārthaṃ dharmādharmau vyavecayat ”
karmaṇām -
karman (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vivekārtham -
vivekārtham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dharmādharmau -
dharmādharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vya -
vi (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

vi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

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

vi (noun, neuter)

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

ve (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

vī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vī (noun, neuter)

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

vi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
avecayat -
√vic (verb class 0)

[imperfect active third single]
Line 2: “dvandvairayojayaccaimāḥ sukhaduḥkhādibhiḥ prajāḥ ”
dvandvair -
dvandva (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

dvandva (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ayojayac -
√yuj (verb class 0)

[imperfect active third single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

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

[imperfect active first plural]
aḥ -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
sukhaduḥkhādibhiḥ -
sukhaduḥkhādi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

sukhaduḥkhādi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

sukhaduḥkhādi (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
prajāḥ -
praja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prajā (noun, feminine)

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

prajas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023