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 3.284

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वसून्वदन्ति तु पितॄन् रुद्रांश्चैव पितामहान् ।
प्रपितामहांस्तथाऽदित्यान् श्रुतिरेषा सनातनी ॥ २८४ ॥

vasūnvadanti tu pitṝn rudrāṃścaiva pitāmahān |
prapitāmahāṃstathā'dityān śrutireṣā sanātanī || 284 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 3.284 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 (3.284). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vasu, Vadat, Vadanti, Pitri, Rudra, Pitamaha, Prapitamaha, Aditi, Shruti, Esha, Sanatani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 3.284). 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: “vasūnvadanti tu pitṝn rudrāṃścaiva pitāmahān ”
vasūn -
vasu (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vadanti -
√vad -> vadat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vad class 1 verb]

√vad -> vadantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √vad class 1 verb]

√vad (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
pitṝn -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
rudrāṃś -
rudra (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
pitāmahān -
pitāmaha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “prapitāmahāṃstathā'dityān śrutireṣā sanātanī ”
prapitāmahāṃs -
prapitāmaha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
tathā' -
adityā -
aditi (noun, feminine)

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

aditi (noun, masculine)

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

aditi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ān -
a (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
śrutir -
śruti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
eṣā -
eṣā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sanātanī -
sanātanī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023