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 3.118

अघं स केवलं भुङ्क्ते यः पचत्यात्मकारणात् ।
यज्ञशिष्टाशनं ह्येतत्सतामन्नं विधीयते ॥ ११८ ॥

aghaṃ sa kevalaṃ bhuṅkte yaḥ pacatyātmakāraṇāt |
yajñaśiṣṭāśanaṃ hyetatsatāmannaṃ vidhīyate || 118 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.118 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 (3.118). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Agha, Kevalam, Kevala, Yah, Pacatya, Makara, Yajnashishtashana, Etad, Sat, Anna, Vidh, Vidhi, Iyat, Iyata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.118). 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: “aghaṃ sa kevalaṃ bhuṅkte yaḥ pacatyātmakāraṇāt
  • agham -
  • aghā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    agha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    agha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kevalam -
  • kevalam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kevala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kevala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kevalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • bhuṅkte -
  • bhuj (verb class 7)
    [present middle third single]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pacatyāt -
  • pacatya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    pacatya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • makāra -
  • makāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ṇāt -
  • ṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “yajñaśiṣṭāśanaṃ hyetatsatāmannaṃ vidhīyate
  • yajñaśiṣṭāśanam -
  • yajñaśiṣṭāśana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • hye -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • etat -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • satām -
  • sat (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    sat (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • annam -
  • anna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    anna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    annā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • vidhī -
  • vidhi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vidhī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    vidhī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vidhī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vidh (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    vidh (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • iyate -
  • iyat (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    iyat (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    iyatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present middle third plural]
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