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 3.173

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भ्रातुर्मृतस्य भार्यायां योऽनुरज्येत कामतः ।
धर्मेणापि नियुक्तायां स ज्ञेयो दिधिषूपतिः ॥ १७३ ॥

bhrāturmṛtasya bhāryāyāṃ yo'nurajyeta kāmataḥ |
dharmeṇāpi niyuktāyāṃ sa jñeyo didhiṣūpatiḥ || 173 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.173 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 (3.173). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhratri, Mrita, Bharya, Yah, Anu, Kamatah, Dharmena, Dharma, Api, Niyukta, Jneya, Didhishupati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.173). 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: “bhrāturmṛtasya bhāryāyāṃ yo'nurajyeta kāmataḥ ”
bhrātur -
bhrātṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
mṛtasya -
mṛta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

mṛta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)

[genitive single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [genitive single from √mṛ class 6 verb]

√mṛ -> mṛta (participle, neuter)

[genitive single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [genitive single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
bhāryāyām -
bhāryā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]

√bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)

[locative single from √bhṛ]
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]
anur -
anu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

anu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ajyeta -
√aj (verb class 1)

[optative passive third single]

√añj (verb class 7)

[optative passive third single]
kāmataḥ -
kāmataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “dharmeṇāpi niyuktāyāṃ sa jñeyo didhiṣūpatiḥ ”
dharmeṇā -
dharmeṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dharma (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
niyuktāyām -
niyuktā (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
jñeyo* -
jñeya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√jñā -> jñeya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jñā class 3 verb], [nominative single from √jñā class 9 verb]
didhiṣūpatiḥ -
didhiṣūpati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023