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 1.31

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लोकानां तु विवृद्ध्यर्थं मुखबाहूरुपादतः ।
ब्राह्मणं क्षत्रियं वैश्यं शूद्रं च निरवर्तयत् ॥ ३१ ॥

lokānāṃ tu vivṛddhyarthaṃ mukhabāhūrupādataḥ |
brāhmaṇaṃ kṣatriyaṃ vaiśyaṃ śūdraṃ ca niravartayat || 31 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.31 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 (1.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Loka, Vivriddhi, Artha, Mukhabahurupadatah, Brahmana, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra, Nirava, Rita, Yat, Yad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.31). 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: “lokānāṃ tu vivṛddhyarthaṃ mukhabāhūrupādataḥ ”
lokānām -
loka (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vivṛddhya -
vivṛddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “brāhmaṇaṃ kṣatriyaṃ vaiśyaṃ śūdraṃ ca niravartayat ”
brāhmaṇam -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kṣatriyam -
kṣatriya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣatriya (noun, neuter)

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

kṣatriyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vaiśyam -
vaiśya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vaiśya (noun, neuter)

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

vaiśyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śūdram -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śūdrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
niravar -
nirava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nirava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

niravā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ṛta -
ṛta (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

ṛta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ṛta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yat -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

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

yat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023