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 3.149

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न ब्राह्मणं परीक्षेत दैवे कर्मणि धर्मवित् ।
पित्र्ये कर्मणि तु प्राप्ते परीक्षेत प्रयत्नतः ॥ १४९ ॥

na brāhmaṇaṃ parīkṣeta daive karmaṇi dharmavit |
pitrye karmaṇi tu prāpte parīkṣeta prayatnataḥ || 149 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.149 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 (3.149). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Pariksha, Parikshi, Ita, Daiva, Karmani, Karman, Dharmavid, Pitrya, Prapta, Prapti, Prayatnatah, Prayatnatas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.149). 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: “na brāhmaṇaṃ parīkṣeta daive karmaṇi dharmavit ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
brāhmaṇam -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
parīkṣe -
parīkṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

parīkṣa (noun, neuter)

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

parīkṣā (noun, feminine)

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

parīkṣi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

parīkṣi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
ita -
ita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√i -> ita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> ita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
daive -
daiva (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

daiva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
karmaṇi -
karmaṇi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

karmaṇi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

karmaṇi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

karman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
dharmavit -
dharmavid (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

dharmavid (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “pitrye karmaṇi tu prāpte parīkṣeta prayatnataḥ ”
pitrye -
pitrya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

pitrya (noun, neuter)

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

pitryā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
karmaṇi -
karmaṇi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

karmaṇi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

karmaṇi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

karman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
prāpte -
prāpta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

prāpta (noun, neuter)

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

prāptā (noun, feminine)

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

prāpti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
parīkṣe -
parīkṣa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single], [locative single]

parīkṣa (noun, neuter)

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

parīkṣā (noun, feminine)

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

parīkṣi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

parīkṣi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
ita -
ita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√i -> ita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> ita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
prayatnataḥ -
prayatnataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

prayatnatas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023