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 3.203

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दैवकार्याद्द्विजातीनां पितृकार्यं विशिष्यते ।
दैवं हि पितृकार्यस्य पूर्वमाप्यायनं स्मृतम् ॥ २०३ ॥

daivakāryāddvijātīnāṃ pitṛkāryaṃ viśiṣyate |
daivaṃ hi pitṛkāryasya pūrvamāpyāyanaṃ smṛtam || 203 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.203 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 (3.203). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Daivaka, Arya, Dvijati, Pitrikarya, Vishishya, Tad, Yushmad, Daiva, Purvam, Purva, Apyayana, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.203). 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: “daivakāryāddvijātīnāṃ pitṛkāryaṃ viśiṣyate ”
daivakā -
daivaka (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

daivaka (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
aryād -
arya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

arya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
dvijātīnām -
dvijāti (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

dvijāti (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

dvijāti (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
pitṛkāryam -
pitṛkārya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
viśiṣya -
viśiṣya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

viśiṣya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “daivaṃ hi pitṛkāryasya pūrvamāpyāyanaṃ smṛtam ”
daivam -
daiva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

daiva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
pitṛkāryasya -
pitṛkārya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
pūrvam -
pūrvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pūrva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

pūrva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
āpyāyanam -
āpyāyana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

āpyāyana (noun, neuter)

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

āpyāyanā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
smṛtam -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

smṛta (noun, neuter)

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

smṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023