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 2.154

न हायनैर्न पलितैर्न वित्तेन न बन्धुभिः ।
ऋषयश्चक्रिरे धर्मं योऽनूचानः स नो महान् ॥ १५४ ॥

na hāyanairna palitairna vittena na bandhubhiḥ |
ṛṣayaścakrire dharmaṃ yo'nūcānaḥ sa no mahān || 154 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.154 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 (2.154). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Hayana, Palita, Vitta, Bandhu, Rishi, Dharma, Yah, Anucana, Asmad, Maha, Mahat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.154). 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: “na hāyanairna palitairna vittena na bandhubhiḥ
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • hāyanair -
  • hāyana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    hāyana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • palitair -
  • palita (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    palita (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vittena -
  • vitta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vitta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    vid -> vitta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √vid class 6 verb]
    vid -> vitta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √vid class 6 verb]
    vid -> vitta (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √vid class 7 verb]
    vid -> vitta (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √vid class 7 verb]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • bandhubhiḥ -
  • bandhu (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    bandhū (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • Line 2: “ṛṣayaścakrire dharmaṃ yo'nūcānaḥ sa no mahān
  • ṛṣayaś -
  • ṛṣi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • cakrire -
  • kṛ (verb class 1)
    [perfect middle third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 2)
    [perfect middle third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 5)
    [perfect middle third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 8)
    [perfect middle third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 3)
    [perfect middle third plural]
    kṛ (verb class 6)
    [perfect middle third plural]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yo' -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yu (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • anūcānaḥ -
  • anūcāna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • no* -
  • na (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    asmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative plural], [dative plural], [genitive plural]
  • mahān -
  • maha (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    mahat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
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