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 2.168

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योऽनधीत्य द्विजो वेदमन्यत्र कुरुते श्रमम् ।
स जीवन्नेव शूद्रत्वमाशु गच्छति सान्वयः ॥ १६८ ॥

yo'nadhītya dvijo vedamanyatra kurute śramam |
sa jīvanneva śūdratvamāśu gacchati sānvayaḥ || 168 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.168 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 (2.168). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Anadhitya, Dvija, Veda, Anyatra, Kuruta, Shrama, Jivat, Jivan, Eva, Shudratva, Ashu, Gacchat, Sanvaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.168). 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: “yo'nadhītya dvijo vedamanyatra kurute śramam ”
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]
anadhītya -
anadhītya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

anadhītya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dvijo* -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vedam -
veda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vedā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
anyatra -
anyatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
kurute -
kurutā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

kuruta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kuruta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present middle third single]
śramam -
śrama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
Line 2: “sa jīvanneva śūdratvamāśu gacchati sānvayaḥ ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jīvann -
jīvat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jīv class 1 verb]

jīvan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śūdratvam -
śūdratva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āśu -
āśu (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

āśu (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

āśu (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

āśu (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

āśu (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
gacchati -
gacchat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gacchat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√gam (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
sānvayaḥ -
sānvaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023