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 2.226

आचार्यो ब्रह्मणो मूर्तिः पिता मूर्तिः प्रजापतेः ।
माता पृथिव्या मूर्तिस्तु भ्राता स्वो मूर्तिरात्मनः ॥ २२६ ॥

ācāryo brahmaṇo mūrtiḥ pitā mūrtiḥ prajāpateḥ |
mātā pṛthivyā mūrtistu bhrātā svo mūrtirātmanaḥ || 226 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.226 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 (2.226). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Acari, Acarya, Brahman, Brahmana, Murti, Pitri, Prajapati, Matri, Mata, Prithivi, Bhratri, Sva, Atman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.226). 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: “ācāryo brahmaṇo mūrtiḥ pitā mūrtiḥ prajāpateḥ
  • ācāryo* -
  • ācārī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    ācārya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • brahmaṇo* -
  • brahman (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    brahmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mūrtiḥ -
  • mūrti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mūrti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pitā -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • mūrtiḥ -
  • mūrti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mūrti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • prajāpateḥ -
  • prajāpati (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “mātā pṛthivyā mūrtistu bhrātā svo mūrtirātmanaḥ
  • mātā -
  • mātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mātṛ (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 2)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 4)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 3)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
    (verb class 1)
    [periphrastic-future active third single]
  • pṛthivyā* -
  • pṛthivi (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    pṛthivī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • mūrtis -
  • mūrti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mūrti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bhrātā -
  • bhrātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • svo* -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present active first dual]
  • mūrtir -
  • mūrti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    mūrti (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ātmanaḥ -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
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