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 2.137

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पञ्चानां त्रिषु वर्णेषु भूयांसि गुणवन्ति च ।
यत्र स्युः सोऽत्र मानार्हः शूद्रोऽपि दशमीं गतः ॥ १३७ ॥

pañcānāṃ triṣu varṇeṣu bhūyāṃsi guṇavanti ca |
yatra syuḥ so'tra mānārhaḥ śūdro'pi daśamīṃ gataḥ || 137 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.137 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 (2.137). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Panca, Tri, Varna, Bhuyas, Gunavat, Yatra, Sah, Atra, Manarha, Shudra, Api, Dashami, Gat, Gata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.137). 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: “pañcānāṃ triṣu varṇeṣu bhūyāṃsi guṇavanti ca ”
pañcānām -
pañca (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

pañca (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

pañcā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
triṣu -
tri (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
varṇeṣu -
varṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

varṇa (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
bhūyāṃsi -
bhūyas (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
guṇavanti -
guṇavat (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “yatra syuḥ so'tra mānārhaḥ śūdro'pi daśamīṃ gataḥ ”
yatra -
yatra (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yatra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yatra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
syuḥ -
√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third plural]
so' -
saḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

so (noun, feminine)

[compound]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
mānārhaḥ -
mānārha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
śūdro' -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
daśamīm -
daśamī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
gataḥ -
gat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

gat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

gata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023