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 3.72

देवताऽतिथिभृत्यानां पितॄणामात्मनश्च यः ।
न निर्वपति पञ्चानामुच्छ्वसन्न स जीवति ॥ ७२ ॥

devatā'tithibhṛtyānāṃ pitṝṇāmātmanaśca yaḥ |
na nirvapati pañcānāmucchvasanna sa jīvati || 72 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.72 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 (3.72). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atithin, Bhritya, Pitri, Atman, Yah, Nih, Vapat, Panca, Ucchvasat, Jivat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.72). 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: “devatā'tithibhṛtyānāṃ pitṝṇāmātmanaśca yaḥ
  • devatā' -
  • atithi -
  • atithi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    atithin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    atithin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • bhṛtyānām -
  • bhṛtya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    bhṛtya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    bhṛtyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • pitṝṇām -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • ātmanaś -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “na nirvapati pañcānāmucchvasanna sa jīvati
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nir -
  • niḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    niḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nis (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • vapati -
  • vap -> vapat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √vap class 1 verb]
    vap -> vapat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √vap class 1 verb]
    vap -> vapat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √vap class 1 verb]
    vap -> vapat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √vap class 1 verb]
    vap (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
    vap (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • pañcānām -
  • pañca (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    pañca (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    pañcā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • ucchvasann -
  • ucchvasat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • a -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jīvati -
  • jīvat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    jīvat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
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