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 3.144

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कामं श्राद्धेऽर्चयेन्मित्रं नाभिरूपमपि त्वरिम् ।
द्विषता हि हविर्भुक्तं भवति प्रेत्य निष्फलम् ॥ १४४ ॥

kāmaṃ śrāddhe'rcayenmitraṃ nābhirūpamapi tvarim |
dviṣatā hi havirbhuktaṃ bhavati pretya niṣphalam || 144 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.144 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 (3.144). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kamam, Kama, Shraddha, Mitra, Nabhi, Api, Tvari, Dvishata, Havirbhuj, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Pretya, Nishphala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.144). 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: “kāmaṃ śrāddhe'rcayenmitraṃ nābhirūpamapi tvarim ”
kāmam -
kāmam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kāma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kāma (noun, neuter)

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

kāmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
śrāddhe' -
śrāddha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

śrāddha (noun, neuter)

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

śrāddhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
arcayen -
√ṛc (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]

√ṛc (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
mitram -
mitra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

mitra (noun, neuter)

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

mitrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nābhir -
nā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]

nābhi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nābhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ūpam -
ūpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
tvarim -
tvari (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
Line 2: “dviṣatā hi havirbhuktaṃ bhavati pretya niṣphalam ”
dviṣatā* -
dviṣatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
havirbhuk -
havirbhuj (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
bhavati -
bhavatī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

bhavat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

bhavant (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]

√bhū (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
pretya -
pretya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
niṣphalam -
niṣphala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

niṣphala (noun, neuter)

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

niṣphalā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023