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 3.283

यदेव तर्पयत्यद्भिः पितॄन् स्नात्वा द्विजोत्तमः ।
तेनैव कृत्स्नमाप्नोति पितृयज्ञक्रियाफलम् ॥ २८३ ॥

yadeva tarpayatyadbhiḥ pitṝn snātvā dvijottamaḥ |
tenaiva kṛtsnamāpnoti pitṛyajñakriyāphalam || 283 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.283 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 (3.283). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yada, Yad, Iva, Tarpayat, Pitri, Snatva, Dvijottama, Tad, Tena, Kritsna, Pitriyajna, Kriyaphala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.283). 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: “yadeva tarpayatyadbhiḥ pitṝn snātvā dvijottamaḥ
  • yade -
  • yadā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yadā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single], [dative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • tarpayatya -
  • tṛp -> tarpayat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √tṛp]
    tṛp -> tarpayat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √tṛp], [vocative dual from √tṛp], [accusative dual from √tṛp], [locative single from √tṛp]
    tṛp (verb class 0)
    [present active third single]
  • adbhiḥ -
  • ap (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • pitṝn -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • snātvā* -
  • snātva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    snātvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • dvijottamaḥ -
  • dvijottama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “tenaiva kṛtsnamāpnoti pitṛyajñakriyāphalam
  • tenai -
  • tena (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tan (verb class 8)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 4)
    [perfect active second plural]
    tan (verb class 1)
    [perfect active second plural]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • kṛtsnam -
  • kṛtsna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṛtsna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kṛtsnā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • āpnoti -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [present active third single]
  • pitṛyajña -
  • pitṛyajña (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kriyāphalam -
  • kriyāphala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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