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 4.22

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एतानेके महायज्ञान्यज्ञशास्त्रविदो जनाः ।
अनीहमानाः सततमिन्द्रियेष्वेव जुह्वति ॥ २२ ॥

etāneke mahāyajñānyajñaśāstravido janāḥ |
anīhamānāḥ satatamindriyeṣveva juhvati || 22 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.22 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 (4.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eta, Esha, Eka, Mahayajna, Yajnashastravid, Jana, Anihamana, Satatam, Satata, Indriya, Eva, Juhvat, Juhvati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.22). 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: “etāneke mahāyajñānyajñaśāstravido janāḥ ”
etān -
eta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
eke -
eka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

eka (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

ekā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
mahāyajñān -
mahāyajña (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
yajñaśāstravido* -
yajñaśāstravid (noun, masculine)

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

yajñaśāstravid (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
janāḥ -
jana (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

janā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “anīhamānāḥ satatamindriyeṣveva juhvati ”
anīhamānāḥ -
anīhamāna (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

anīhamānā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
satatam -
satatam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

satata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

satata (noun, neuter)

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

satatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
indriyeṣve -
indriya (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

indriya (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
juhvati -
juhvat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

juhvat (noun, neuter)

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

√hu -> juhvat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √hu class 3 verb]

√hu -> juhvat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √hu class 3 verb], [vocative plural from √hu class 3 verb], [accusative plural from √hu class 3 verb], [locative single from √hu class 3 verb]

√hu -> juhvatī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √hu class 3 verb]

√hu (verb class 3)

[present active third plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023