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 2.175

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सेवेतैमांस्तु नियमान्ब्रह्मचारी गुरौ वसन् ।
सन्नियम्यैन्द्रियग्रामं तपोवृद्ध्यर्थमात्मनः ॥ १७५ ॥

sevetaimāṃstu niyamānbrahmacārī gurau vasan |
sanniyamyaindriyagrāmaṃ tapovṛddhyarthamātmanaḥ || 175 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.175 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 (2.175). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Niyama, Brahmacarin, Brahmacari, Guru, Vasat, Sanniyamya, Aindriya, Grama, Tap, Tapa, Tapu, Tapas, Vriddhi, Artha, Atman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.175). 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: “sevetaimāṃstu niyamānbrahmacārī gurau vasan ”
sevetai -
√sev (verb class 1)

[optative middle third single]
aimā -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first plural]
āṃs -
a (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
niyamān -
niyama (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
brahmacārī -
brahmacārī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

brahmacārī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

brahmacārin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
gurau -
guru (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vasan -
√vas -> vasat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vas class 1 verb]
Line 2: “sanniyamyaindriyagrāmaṃ tapovṛddhyarthamātmanaḥ ”
sanniyamyai -
sanniyamya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sanniyamya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aindriya -
aindriya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

aindriya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
grāmam -
grāma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

grāma (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
tapo -
tapas (noun, neuter)

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

tap (noun, masculine)

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

tap (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

tapa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

tapu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

tapu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
vṛddhya -
vṛddhi (noun, feminine)

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

vṛddhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
ātmanaḥ -
ātman (noun, masculine)

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

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023