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 4.15

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नैहेतार्थान्प्रसङ्गेन न विरुद्धेन कर्मणा ।
न विद्यमानेष्वर्थेषु नार्त्यामपि यतस्ततः ॥ १५ ॥

naihetārthānprasaṅgena na viruddhena karmaṇā |
na vidyamāneṣvartheṣu nārtyāmapi yatastataḥ || 15 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.15 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:
Read online Buy now! The Sanskrit text by Ganganath Jha (1999)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (4.15). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nri, Ita, Artha, Prasangena, Prasanga, Viruddha, Karman, Vidyamana, Arti, Api, Yatah, Yat, Yata, Tatah, Tad, Tata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.15). 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: “naihetārthānprasaṅgena na viruddhena karmaṇā ”
nai -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
aihe -
√īh (verb class 1)

[imperfect middle first single]
itā -
ita (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ita (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

itā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√i -> ita (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> ita (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> itā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb]

√i (verb class 2)

[imperative active second plural]
arthān -
artha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
prasaṅgena -
prasaṅgena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

prasaṅga (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viruddhena -
viruddha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

viruddha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
karmaṇā -
karman (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “na vidyamāneṣvartheṣu nārtyāmapi yatastataḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vidyamāneṣva -
vidyamāna (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

vidyamāna (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √vid class 2 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √vid class 2 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √vid class 6 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √vid class 6 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, masculine)

[locative plural from √vid class 7 verb]

√vid -> vidyamāna (participle, neuter)

[locative plural from √vid class 7 verb]
artheṣu -
artha (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

artha (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
artyām -
arti (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
yatas -
yataḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yat (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

yat (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√i -> yat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √i class 2 verb], [ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √i class 2 verb], [genitive single from √i class 2 verb]

√yam -> yata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √yam class 1 verb]
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023