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 2.31

मङ्गल्यं ब्राह्मणस्य स्यात्क्षत्रियस्य बलान्वितम् ।
वैश्यस्य धनसंयुक्तं शूद्रस्य तु जुगुप्सितम् ॥ ३१ ॥

maṅgalyaṃ brāhmaṇasya syātkṣatriyasya balānvitam |
vaiśyasya dhanasaṃyuktaṃ śūdrasya tu jugupsitam || 31 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.31 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 (2.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Mangalya, Brahmana, Syat, Sya, Kshatriya, Balanvita, Vaishya, Yuktam, Yukta, Shudra, Jugupsita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.31). 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: “maṅgalyaṃ brāhmaṇasya syātkṣatriyasya balānvitam
  • maṅgalyam -
  • maṅgalya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    maṅgalya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    maṅgalyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • brāhmaṇasya -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • syāt -
  • syāt (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    syāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • kṣatriyasya -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    kṣatriya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • balānvitam -
  • balānvita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    balānvita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    balānvitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “vaiśyasya dhanasaṃyuktaṃ śūdrasya tu jugupsitam
  • vaiśyasya -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    vaiśya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • dhanasaṃ -
  • dhanasā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yuktam -
  • yuktam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yukta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yukta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yuktā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
    yuj -> yukta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √yuj class 7 verb], [accusative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
  • śūdrasya -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • jugupsitam -
  • jugupsita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jugupsita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jugupsitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    gup -> jugupsita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √gup]
    gup -> jugupsita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √gup]
    gup -> jugupsitā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √gup]
    gup -> jugupsita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √gup]
    gup -> jugupsita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √gup], [accusative single from √gup]
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