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 3.79

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स सन्धार्यः प्रयत्नेन स्वर्गमक्षयमिच्छता ।
सुखं चेहेच्छताऽत्यन्तं योऽधार्यो दुर्बलेन्द्रियैः ॥ ७९ ॥

sa sandhāryaḥ prayatnena svargamakṣayamicchatā |
sukhaṃ cehecchatā'tyantaṃ yo'dhāryo durbalendriyaiḥ || 79 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.79 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 (3.79). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sandharya, Prayatna, Svarga, Akshaya, Icchata, Icchat, Sukham, Sukha, Atyantam, Atyanta, Yah, Adharya, Durbalendriya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.79). 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: “sa sandhāryaḥ prayatnena svargamakṣayamicchatā ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sandhāryaḥ -
sandhārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prayatnena -
prayatna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
svargam -
svarga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svarga (noun, neuter)

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

svargā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
akṣayam -
akṣaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

akṣaya (noun, neuter)

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

akṣayā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√kṣi (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]

√kṣi (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first single]

√kṣī (verb class 1)

[imperfect active first single]
icchatā -
icchatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√iṣ -> icchat (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √iṣ class 6 verb]

√iṣ -> icchat (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √iṣ class 6 verb]
Line 2: “sukhaṃ cehecchatā'tyantaṃ yo'dhāryo durbalendriyaiḥ ”
sukham -
sukham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sukha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sukha (noun, neuter)

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

sukhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
cehe -
√cah (verb class 1)

[perfect active second plural], [perfect middle first single], [perfect middle third single]
icchatā' -
atyantam -
atyantam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atyanta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

atyanta (noun, neuter)

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

atyantā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yo' -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
adhāryo* -
adhārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
durbalendriyaiḥ -
durbalendriya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

durbalendriya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023