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 4.100

यथोदितेन विधिना नित्यं छन्दस्कृतं पठेत् ।
ब्रह्म छन्दस्कृतं चैव द्विजो युक्तो ह्यनापदि ॥ १०० ॥

yathoditena vidhinā nityaṃ chandaskṛtaṃ paṭhet |
brahma chandaskṛtaṃ caiva dvijo yukto hyanāpadi || 100 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.100 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 (4.100). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yathodita, Vidhi, Nityam, Nitya, Chandaskrita, Brahma, Brahman, Dvija, Yukta, Anapad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.100). 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: “yathoditena vidhinā nityaṃ chandaskṛtaṃ paṭhet
  • yathoditena -
  • yathodita (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yathodita (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • vidhinā -
  • vidhi (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    vidhī (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • chandaskṛtam -
  • chandaskṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    chandaskṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    chandaskṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • paṭhet -
  • paṭh (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “brahma chandaskṛtaṃ caiva dvijo yukto hyanāpadi
  • brahma -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    brahm (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • chandaskṛtam -
  • chandaskṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    chandaskṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    chandaskṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • dvijo* -
  • dvija (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yukto* -
  • yukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yuj -> yukta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yuj class 7 verb]
  • hya -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • anāpadi -
  • anāpad (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
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