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 2.22

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आ समुद्रात्तु वै पूर्वादा समुद्राच्च पश्चिमात् ।
तयोरेवान्तरं गिर्योरार्यावर्तं विदुर्बुधाः ॥ २२ ॥

ā samudrāttu vai pūrvādā samudrācca paścimāt |
tayorevāntaraṃ giryorāryāvartaṃ vidurbudhāḥ || 22 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.22 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 (2.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Samudra, Purva, Pashcima, Tad, Reva, Revat, Tara, Giri, Aryavarta, Vidu, Vidus, Budha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.22). 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: “ā samudrāttu vai pūrvādā samudrācca paścimāt ”
ā -
ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
samudrāt -
samudra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

samudra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vai -
√vā (verb class 1)

[present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
pūrvād -
pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]
ā -
ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
samudrāc -
samudra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

samudra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
paścimāt -
paścima (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

paścima (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]
Line 2: “tayorevāntaraṃ giryorāryāvartaṃ vidurbudhāḥ ”
tayor -
ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

tā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

sā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
revān -
reva (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

revat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
taram -
tara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

tara (noun, neuter)

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

tarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
giryor -
giri (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

giri (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
āryāvartam -
āryāvarta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
vidur -
vidus (noun, masculine)

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

vidus (noun, neuter)

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

vidu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

vidu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vid (verb class 2)

[perfect active third plural]
budhāḥ -
budha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

budhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023