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 2.245

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न पूर्वं गुरवे किं चिदुपकुर्वीत धर्मवित् ।
स्नास्यंस्तु गुरुणाऽज्ञप्तः शक्त्या गुर्व्र्थमाहरेत् ॥ २४५ ॥

na pūrvaṃ gurave kiṃ cidupakurvīta dharmavit |
snāsyaṃstu guruṇā'jñaptaḥ śaktyā gurvrthamāharet || 245 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 2.245 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 (2.245). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Purvam, Purva, Guru, Kim, Cit, Upa, Dharmavid, Snasyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 2.245). 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 pūrvaṃ gurave kiṃ cidupakurvīta dharmavit ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
gurave -
guru (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
kim -
kim (indeclinable interrogative)

[indeclinable interrogative]

kim (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
cid -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
upa -
upa (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

upa (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

upa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

upa (Preverb)

[Preverb]
kurvīta -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative middle third single]
dharmavit -
dharmavid (noun, masculine)

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

dharmavid (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “snāsyaṃstu guruṇā'jñaptaḥ śaktyā gurvrthamāharet ”
snāsyaṃs -
snāsyat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

√snā -> snāsyat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √snā class 2 verb], [vocative single from √snā class 2 verb], [nominative single from √snā class 4 verb], [vocative single from √snā class 4 verb]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
Cannot analyse guruṇā'jñaptaḥ*śa
śaktyā* -
Cannot analyse gurvrthamāharet

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023