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 3.2

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वेदानधीत्य वेदौ वा वेदं वाऽपि यथाक्रमम् ।
अविप्लुतब्रह्मचर्यो गृहस्थाश्रममावसेत् ॥ २ ॥

vedānadhītya vedau vā vedaṃ vā'pi yathākramam |
aviplutabrahmacaryo gṛhasthāśramamāvaset || 2 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.2 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 (3.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Veda, Adhitya, Vedi, Var, Api, Yatha, Akramam, Akrama, Avipluta, Grihasthashrama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.2). 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: “vedānadhītya vedau vā vedaṃ vā'pi yathākramam ”
vedān -
veda (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
adhītya -
adhītya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vedau -
veda (noun, masculine)

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

vedi (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

vedi (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

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

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vedam -
veda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vedā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vā' -
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
akramam -
akramam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

akrama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akrama (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

akramā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kram (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single], [aorist active first single]

√kram (verb class 4)

[aorist active first single]
Line 2: “aviplutabrahmacaryo gṛhasthāśramamāvaset ”
avipluta -
avipluta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avipluta (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
brahmacaryo -
gṛhasthāśramam -
gṛhasthāśrama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ā -
ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
vaset -
√vas (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023