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 2.14

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श्रुतिद्वैधं तु यत्र स्यात्तत्र धर्मावुभौ स्मृतौ ।
उभावपि हि तौ धर्मौ सम्यगुक्तौ मनीषिभिः ॥ १४ ॥

śrutidvaidhaṃ tu yatra syāttatra dharmāvubhau smṛtau |
ubhāvapi hi tau dharmau samyaguktau manīṣibhiḥ || 14 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.14 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 (2.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shrutidvaidha, Yatra, Syat, Sya, Tatra, Dharma, Ubha, Smrita, Smriti, Api, Samyagukta, Manishin, Manishi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.14). 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: “śrutidvaidhaṃ tu yatra syāttatra dharmāvubhau smṛtau ”
śrutidvaidham -
śrutidvaidha (noun, neuter)

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

[indeclinable particle]
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
dharmāvu -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ubhau -
ubha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
smṛtau -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

smṛti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative dual from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √smṛ class 1 verb]
Line 2: “ubhāvapi hi tau dharmau samyaguktau manīṣibhiḥ ”
ubhāva -
ubha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
tau -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
dharmau -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
samyaguktau -
samyagukta (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
manīṣibhiḥ -
manīṣin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

manīṣin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

manīṣī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023