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 1.91

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एकमेव तु शूद्रस्य प्रभुः कर्म समादिशत् ।
एतेषामेव वर्णानां शुश्रूषामनसूयया ॥ ९१ ॥

ekameva tu śūdrasya prabhuḥ karma samādiśat |
eteṣāmeva varṇānāṃ śuśrūṣāmanasūyayā || 91 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 1.91 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 (1.91). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eka, Eva, Shudra, Prabhu, Karman, Sama, Etad, Esha, Varna, Suya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 1.91). 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: “ekameva tu śūdrasya prabhuḥ karma samādiśat ”
ekam -
eka (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

eka (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
śūdrasya -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
prabhuḥ -
prabhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

prabhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
karma -
karman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
samā -
sama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

samā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sam (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

samā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
adiśat -
√diś (verb class 6)

[imperfect active third single]
Line 2: “eteṣāmeva varṇānāṃ śuśrūṣāmanasūyayā ”
eteṣām -
etad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
varṇānām -
varṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

varṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

varṇā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
śuśrūṣāma -
√śru (verb class 0)

[imperative active first plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sūya -
sūya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√sū -> sūya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sū]

√sū -> sūya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √sū]
yā -
yā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023