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 4.165

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ब्राह्मणायावगुर्यैव द्विजातिर्वधकाम्यया ।
शतं वर्षाणि तामिस्रे नरके परिवर्तते ॥ १६५ ॥

brāhmaṇāyāvaguryaiva dvijātirvadhakāmyayā |
śataṃ varṣāṇi tāmisre narake parivartate || 165 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.165 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 (4.165). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Uri, Dvijati, Vadhakamya, Shata, Varsha, Tamisra, Naraka, Parivarta, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.165). 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: “brāhmaṇāyāvaguryaiva dvijātirvadhakāmyayā ”
brāhmaṇāyā -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
avag -
√vac (verb class 2)

[imperfect active second single], [imperfect active third single]
uryai -
urī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single], [dative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
dvijātir -
dvijāti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

dvijāti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
vadhakāmyayā -
vadhakāmyā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
Line 2: “śataṃ varṣāṇi tāmisre narake parivartate ”
śatam -
śata (noun, neuter)

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

śatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
varṣāṇi -
varṣa (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√vṛṣ (verb class 1)

[imperative active first single]
tāmisre -
tāmisra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tāmisra (noun, neuter)

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

tāmisrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
narake -
naraka (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

naraka (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
parivarta -
parivarta (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023