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 2.127

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ब्राह्मणं कुशलं पृच्छेत्क्षत्रबन्धुमनामयम् ।
वैश्यं क्षेमं समागम्य शूद्रमारोग्यमेव च ॥ १२७ ॥

brāhmaṇaṃ kuśalaṃ pṛcchetkṣatrabandhumanāmayam |
vaiśyaṃ kṣemaṃ samāgamya śūdramārogyameva ca || 127 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.127 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 (2.127). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Kushalam, Kushala, Kshatrabandhu, Anamaya, Vaishya, Kshema, Shudra, Arogya, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.127). 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: “brāhmaṇaṃ kuśalaṃ pṛcchetkṣatrabandhumanāmayam ”
brāhmaṇam -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kuśalam -
kuśalam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kuśala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kuśala (noun, neuter)

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

kuśalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
pṛcchet -
√praś (verb class 6)

[optative active third single]
kṣatrabandhum -
kṣatrabandhu (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

kṣatrabandhu (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
anāmayam -
anāmaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anāmaya (noun, neuter)

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

anāmayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√nam (verb class 0)

[imperfect active first single]
Line 2: “vaiśyaṃ kṣemaṃ samāgamya śūdramārogyameva ca ”
vaiśyam -
vaiśya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vaiśya (noun, neuter)

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

vaiśyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kṣemam -
kṣema (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kṣema (noun, neuter)

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

kṣemā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
samāgamya -
śūdram -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śūdrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ārogyam -
ārogya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ārogya (noun, neuter)

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

ārogyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023