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 4.81

यो ह्यस्य धर्ममाचष्टे यश्चैवादिशति व्रतम् ।
सोऽसंवृतं नाम तमः सह तेनैव मज्जति ॥ ८१ ॥

yo hyasya dharmamācaṣṭe yaścaivādiśati vratam |
so'saṃvṛtaṃ nāma tamaḥ saha tenaiva majjati || 81 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.81 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 (4.81). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Idam, Dharma, Aca, Vrata, Sah, Asamvrita, Naman, Tama, Tamas, Saha, Tad, Tena, Majjat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.81). 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: “yo hyasya dharmamācaṣṭe yaścaivādiśati vratam
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • asya -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ācaṣ -
  • āca (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    ac (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
    añc (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • ṭe -
  • ṭa (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ṭa (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    ṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • yaś -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aivā -
  • diśati -
  • diś (verb class 6)
    [present active third single]
  • vratam -
  • vrata (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “so'saṃvṛtaṃ nāma tamaḥ saha tenaiva majjati
  • so' -
  • saḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [compound]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • asaṃvṛtam -
  • asaṃvṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    asaṃvṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asaṃvṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • nāma -
  • nāman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tamaḥ -
  • tamas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    tama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • saha -
  • saha (indeclinable postposition)
    [indeclinable postposition]
    saha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    saha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sah (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • 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]
  • majjati -
  • majj -> majjat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √majj class 6 verb]
    majj -> majjat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √majj class 6 verb]
    majj (verb class 6)
    [present active third single]
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