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 2.237

त्रिष्वेतेष्वितिकृत्यं हि पुरुषस्य समाप्यते ।
एष धर्मः परः साक्षादुपधर्मोऽन्य उच्यते ॥ २३७ ॥

triṣveteṣvitikṛtyaṃ hi puruṣasya samāpyate |
eṣa dharmaḥ paraḥ sākṣādupadharmo'nya ucyate || 237 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.237 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 (2.237). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tri, Eta, Etad, Esha, Itikritya, Purusha, Samapya, Tad, Yushmad, Dharma, Parah, Para, Sakshat, Saksha, Upadharma, Ani, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.237). 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: “triṣveteṣvitikṛtyaṃ hi puruṣasya samāpyate
  • triṣve -
  • tri (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • eteṣvi -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    eta (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • itikṛtyam -
  • itikṛtya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    itikṛtya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    itikṛtyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • puruṣasya -
  • puruṣa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    puruṣa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • samāpya -
  • samāpya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samāpya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “eṣa dharmaḥ paraḥ sākṣādupadharmo'nya ucyate
  • eṣa -
  • eṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    eṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single], [perfect active first single], [perfect active second plural], [perfect active third single]
    iṣ (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • dharmaḥ -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • paraḥ -
  • paraḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sākṣād -
  • sākṣāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sākṣa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    sākṣa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • upadharmo' -
  • upadharma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • anya* -
  • anī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ucyate -
  • uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]
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