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 4.13

अतोऽन्यतमया वृत्त्या जीवंस्तु स्नातको द्विजः ।
स्वर्गायुष्ययशस्यानि व्रताणीमानि धारयेत् ॥ १३ ॥

ato'nyatamayā vṛttyā jīvaṃstu snātako dvijaḥ |
svargāyuṣyayaśasyāni vratāṇīmāni dhārayet || 13 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.13 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 (4.13). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atah, Anyatama, Vritti, Jivat, Jivan, Snataka, Dvija, Svarga, Ayushya, Ayus, Ayashasya, Vrata, Ani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.13). 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: “ato'nyatamayā vṛttyā jīvaṃstu snātako dvijaḥ
  • ato' -
  • ataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • anyatamayā -
  • anyatamā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • vṛttyā* -
  • vṛtti (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • jīvaṃs -
  • jīvat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīvan (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • snātako* -
  • snātaka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dvijaḥ -
  • dvija (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “svargāyuṣyayaśasyāni vratāṇīmāni dhārayet
  • svargā -
  • svarga (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svarga (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svargā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āyuṣya -
  • āyuṣya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āyuṣya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āyus (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    āyus (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • ayaśasyāni -
  • ayaśasya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vratā -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aṇīm -
  • aṇī (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • āni -
  • āni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • dhārayet -
  • dhṛ (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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