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 2.62

हृद्गाभिः पूयते विप्रः कण्ठगाभिस्तु भूमिपः ।
वैश्योऽद्भिः प्राशिताभिस्तु शूद्रः स्पृष्टाभिरन्ततः ॥ ६२ ॥

hṛdgābhiḥ pūyate vipraḥ kaṇṭhagābhistu bhūmipaḥ |
vaiśyo'dbhiḥ prāśitābhistu śūdraḥ spṛṣṭābhirantataḥ || 62 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.62 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 (2.62). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Hridga, Puyat, Vipra, Kanthaga, Bhumipa, Vaishya, Prashita, Shudra, Sprishta, Antatah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.62). 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: “hṛdgābhiḥ pūyate vipraḥ kaṇṭhagābhistu bhūmipaḥ
  • hṛdgābhiḥ -
  • hṛdgā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • pūyate -
  • pūy -> pūyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √pūy class 1 verb]
    pūy -> pūyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √pūy class 1 verb]
    (verb class 1)
    [present passive third single]
    (verb class 9)
    [present passive third single]
    pūy (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
  • vipraḥ -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kaṇṭhagābhis -
  • kaṇṭhagā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bhūmipaḥ -
  • bhūmipa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “vaiśyo'dbhiḥ prāśitābhistu śūdraḥ spṛṣṭābhirantataḥ
  • vaiśyo' -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adbhiḥ -
  • ap (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • prāśitābhis -
  • prāśitā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • śūdraḥ -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • spṛṣṭābhir -
  • spṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
    spṛś -> spṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [instrumental plural from √spṛś class 6 verb]
  • antataḥ -
  • antataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ant (verb class 1)
    [present active third dual]
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