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 1.58

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इदं शास्त्रं तु कृत्वाऽसौ मामेव स्वयमादितः ।
विधिवद्ग्राहयामास मरीच्यादींस्त्वहं मुनीन् ॥ ५८ ॥

idaṃ śāstraṃ tu kṛtvā'sau māmeva svayamāditaḥ |
vidhivadgrāhayāmāsa marīcyādīṃstvahaṃ munīn || 58 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.58 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 (1.58). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Idam, Shastra, Asi, Asu, Adah, Mama, Iva, Svayam, Aditah, Adita, Vidhivat, Marici, Maricin, Adi, Tva, Aha, Asmad, Muni,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.58). 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: “idaṃ śāstraṃ tu kṛtvā'sau māmeva svayamāditaḥ ”
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
śāstram -
śāstra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kṛtvā' -
asau -
asi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

asi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

asu (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]

adaḥ (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]
māme -
māma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

√mā (verb class 2)

[imperative active first plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
svayam -
svayam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
āditaḥ -
āditaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√ad -> ādita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √ad]
Line 2: “vidhivadgrāhayāmāsa marīcyādīṃstvahaṃ munīn ”
vidhivad -
vidhivat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
grāhayāmā -
√grah (verb class 0)

[imperative active first plural]
asa -
asan (noun, neuter)

[compound]
marīcyā -
marīci (noun, masculine)

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

marīcī (noun, feminine)

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

marīcin (noun, masculine)

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

marīcin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ādīṃs -
ādi (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tva -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

tva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aham -
aha (noun, neuter)

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

asmad (pronoun, none)

[nominative single]
munīn -
muni (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023