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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 2.4
अकामस्य क्रिया का चिद्दृश्यते नैह कर्हि चित् ।
यद्यद् हि कुरुते किं चित्तत्तत्कामस्य चेष्टितम् ॥ ४ ॥
akāmasya kriyā kā ciddṛśyate naiha karhi cit |
yadyad hi kurute kiṃ cittattatkāmasya ceṣṭitam || 4 ||
The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.4 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 (2.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Akama, Kriya, Cit, Drishyata, Nri, Eha, Karhi, Yadi, Yad, Kuruta, Kim, Tat, Tad, Kama, Ceshtita,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “akāmasya kriyā kā ciddṛśyate naiha karhi cit ”
- akāmasya -
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akāma (noun, masculine)[genitive single]akāma (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- kriyā -
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kriyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- kā -
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kā (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kā (pronoun, feminine)[nominative single]
- cid -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- dṛśyate -
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dṛśyatā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]√dṛś (verb class 1)[present passive third single]
- nai -
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na (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]na (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]na (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]nā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]nṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative single]
- eha -
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eha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]eha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- karhi -
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karhi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]
- cit -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- Line 2: “yadyad hi kurute kiṃ cittattatkāmasya ceṣṭitam ”
- yadya -
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yadi (indeclinable conjunction)[indeclinable conjunction]yadi (indeclinable relative)[indeclinable relative]yadi (indeclinable)[indeclinable]yad (noun, masculine)[locative single]
- ad -
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- hi -
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hi (indeclinable particle)[indeclinable particle]
- kurute -
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kurutā (noun, feminine)[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]kuruta (noun, masculine)[locative single]kuruta (noun, neuter)[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]√kṛ (verb class 8)[present middle third single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- cit -
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cit (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]cit (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- tat -
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tat (indeclinable correlative)[indeclinable correlative]tad (noun, neuter)[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
- kāmasya -
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kāma (noun, masculine)[genitive single]kāma (noun, neuter)[genitive single]
- ceṣṭitam -
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ceṣṭita (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ceṣṭita (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]ceṣṭitā (noun, feminine)[adverb]√ceṣṭ -> ceṣṭita (participle, masculine)[adverb from √ceṣṭ]√ceṣṭ -> ceṣṭita (participle, neuter)[adverb from √ceṣṭ]√ceṣṭ -> ceṣṭitā (participle, feminine)[adverb from √ceṣṭ]√ceṣṭ -> ceṣṭita (participle, masculine)[accusative single from √ceṣṭ]√ceṣṭ -> ceṣṭita (participle, neuter)[nominative single from √ceṣṭ], [accusative single from √ceṣṭ]