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 4.143

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स्पृष्ट्वैतानशुचिर्नित्यमद्भिः प्राणानुपस्पृशेत् ।
गात्राणि चैव सर्वाणि नाभिं पाणितलेन तु ॥ १४३ ॥

spṛṣṭvaitānaśucirnityamadbhiḥ prāṇānupaspṛśet |
gātrāṇi caiva sarvāṇi nābhiṃ pāṇitalena tu || 143 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.143 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 (4.143). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eta, Esha, Ashuci, Nityam, Nitya, Prana, Upa, Gatra, Sarva, Sarvani, Nabhi, Panitala,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.143). 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: “spṛṣṭvaitānaśucirnityamadbhiḥ prāṇānupaspṛśet ”
spṛṣṭvai -
√spṛś -> spṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √spṛś]
etān -
eta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
aśucir -
aśuci (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

aśuci (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
adbhiḥ -
ap (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]

ad (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

ad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
prāṇān -
prāṇa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
upa -
upa (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

upa (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

upa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

upa (Preverb)

[Preverb]
spṛśet -
√spṛś (verb class 6)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “gātrāṇi caiva sarvāṇi nābhiṃ pāṇitalena tu ”
gātrāṇi -
gātra (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
sarvāṇi -
sarvāṇī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nābhim -
nābhi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

nābhi (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
pāṇitalena -
pāṇitala (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023