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 4.124

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ऋग्वेदो देवदैवत्यो यजुर्वेदस्तु मानुषः ।
सामवेदः स्मृतः पित्र्यस्तस्मात्तस्याशुचिर्ध्वनिः ॥ १२४ ॥

ṛgvedo devadaivatyo yajurvedastu mānuṣaḥ |
sāmavedaḥ smṛtaḥ pitryastasmāttasyāśucirdhvaniḥ || 124 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.124 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 (4.124). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rigveda, Devadaivatya, Yajurveda, Manusha, Samaveda, Smrita, Pitrya, Tasmat, Tad, Ashuci, Dhvani,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.124). 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: “ṛgvedo devadaivatyo yajurvedastu mānuṣaḥ ”
ṛgvedo* -
ṛgveda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
devadaivatyo* -
devadaivatya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yajurvedas -
yajurveda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
mānuṣaḥ -
mānuṣa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sāmavedaḥ smṛtaḥ pitryastasmāttasyāśucirdhvaniḥ ”
sāmavedaḥ -
sāmaveda (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
pitryas -
pitrya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tasmāt -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
tasyā -
√tas -> tasya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √tas]

ta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

tad (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

√tas (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
aśucir -
aśuci (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

aśuci (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
dhvaniḥ -
dhvani (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023