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 4.176

परित्यजेदर्थकामौ यौ स्यातां धर्मवर्जितौ ।
धर्मं चाप्यसुखोदर्कं लोकसङ्क्रुष्टमेव च ॥ १७६ ॥

parityajedarthakāmau yau syātāṃ dharmavarjitau |
dharmaṃ cāpyasukhodarkaṃ lokasaṅkruṣṭameva ca || 176 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.176 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 (4.176). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pari, Arthakama, Yah, Dharma, Dharman, Varjita, Capin, Capya, Capi, Asukhodarka, Loka, Krushta, Eva,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.176). 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: “parityajedarthakāmau yau syātāṃ dharmavarjitau
  • pari -
  • pari (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    pari (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pari (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pari (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pari (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    parī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    parī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    parī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    pari (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • tyajed -
  • tyaj (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • arthakāmau -
  • arthakāma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • yau -
  • yu (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    yu (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • syātām -
  • as (verb class 2)
    [optative active third dual]
  • dharma -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • varjitau -
  • varjita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “dharmaṃ cāpyasukhodarkaṃ lokasaṅkruṣṭameva ca
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • cāpya -
  • cāpin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    cāpin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ci -> cāpya (participle, masculine)
    [compound from √ci]
    ci -> cāpya (participle, neuter)
    [compound from √ci]
    ci -> cāpya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √ci]
    cāpī (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    cāpī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    cāpī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    cāpi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    cāpi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    cāpi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ci -> cāpya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √ci]
    ci -> cāpya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √ci]
  • asukhodarkam -
  • asukhodarka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    asukhodarka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    asukhodarkā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • loka -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • saṅ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
  • kruṣṭam -
  • kruṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kruṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kruṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kruś -> kruṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kruś class 1 verb]
    kruś -> kruṣṭa (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kruś class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kruś class 1 verb]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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