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 2.88

इन्द्रियाणां विचरतां विषयेष्वपहारिषु ।
संयमे यत्नमातिष्ठेद्विद्वान्यन्तैव वाजिनाम् ॥ ८८ ॥

indriyāṇāṃ vicaratāṃ viṣayeṣvapahāriṣu |
saṃyame yatnamātiṣṭhedvidvānyantaiva vājinām || 88 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.88 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 (2.88). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Indriya, Vicara, Vishaya, Apaharin, Apahari, Samyama, Yatna, Vidvan, Anta, Vajin, Vajina,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.88). 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: “indriyāṇāṃ vicaratāṃ viṣayeṣvapahāriṣu
  • indriyāṇām -
  • indriya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    indriya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    indriyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • vicara -
  • vicara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vicara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tām -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • viṣayeṣva -
  • viṣaya (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • apahāriṣu -
  • apahārin (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    apahārin (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
    apahārī (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • Line 2: “saṃyame yatnamātiṣṭhedvidvānyantaiva vājinām
  • saṃyame -
  • saṃyama (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • yatnam -
  • yatna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • ā -
  • ā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ā (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • tiṣṭhed -
  • sthā (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • vidvānya -
  • vidvan (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • antai -
  • anta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    anta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    antā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ant (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • vājinām -
  • vājin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vājin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    vājinā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
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