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 3.28

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यज्ञे तु वितते सम्यगृत्विजे कर्म कुर्वते ।
अलङ्कृत्य सुतादानं दैवं धर्मं प्रचक्षते ॥ २८ ॥

yajñe tu vitate samyagṛtvije karma kurvate |
alaṅkṛtya sutādānaṃ daivaṃ dharmaṃ pracakṣate || 28 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.28 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 (3.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yajna, Vitata, Vitati, Samyak, Ritvij, Ritvija, Karman, Kurvat, Kurvata, Sutadana, Daiva, Dharma, Pra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.28). 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: “yajñe tu vitate samyagṛtvije karma kurvate ”
yajñe -
yajña (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vitate -
vitata (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vitata (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

vitatā (noun, feminine)

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

vitati (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
samyag -
samyak (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ṛtvije -
ṛtvij (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

ṛtvij (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

ṛtvijā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
karma -
karman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
kurvate -
kurvat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

kurvat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

kurvatā (noun, feminine)

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

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, masculine)

[dative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ -> kurvat (participle, neuter)

[dative single from √kṛ class 8 verb]

√kṛ (verb class 8)

[present middle third plural]
Line 2: “alaṅkṛtya sutādānaṃ daivaṃ dharmaṃ pracakṣate ”
alaṅkṛtya -
sutādānam -
sutādāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
daivam -
daiva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

daiva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
dharmam -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dharman (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
cakṣate -
√cakṣ (verb class 2)

[present middle third plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023