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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 4.178
येनास्य पितरो याता येन याताः पितामहाः ।
तेन यायात्सतां मार्गं तेन गच्छन्न रिष्यति ॥ १७८ ॥
yenāsya pitaro yātā yena yātāḥ pitāmahāḥ |
tena yāyātsatāṃ mārgaṃ tena gacchanna riṣyati || 178 ||
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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 (4.178). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Yena, Yah, Yat, Idam, Pitri, Yata, Pitamaha, Tad, Tena, Sat, Marga, Gacchat, Rishyat,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
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- Line 1: “yenāsya pitaro yātā yena yātāḥ pitāmahāḥ ”
- yenā -
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yena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- asya -
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√as -> asya (absolutive)[absolutive from √as]a (noun, masculine)[genitive single]idam (pronoun, masculine)[genitive single]idam (pronoun, neuter)[genitive single]√as (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- pitaro* -
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pitṛ (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
- yātā* -
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yāta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]yātā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√yā -> yāta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √yā class 2 verb]√yā -> yātā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √yā class 2 verb]
- yena -
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yena (indeclinable)[indeclinable]ya (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)[instrumental single]yat (pronoun, neuter)[instrumental single]
- yātāḥ -
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yāta (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]yātā (noun, feminine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]√yā -> yāta (participle, masculine)[nominative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √yā class 2 verb]√yā -> yātā (participle, feminine)[nominative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √yā class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √yā class 2 verb]
- pitāmahāḥ -
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pitāmaha (noun, masculine)[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
- Line 2: “tena yāyātsatāṃ mārgaṃ tena gacchanna riṣyati ”
- tena -
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tena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]tad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]√tan (verb class 8)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- yāyāt -
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√yā (verb class 2)[optative active third single]
- satām -
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sat (noun, masculine)[genitive plural]sat (noun, neuter)[genitive plural]
- mārgam -
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mārga (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]mārga (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]mārgā (noun, feminine)[adverb]
- tena -
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tena (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ta (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]ta (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]tad (noun, neuter)[instrumental single]sa (noun, masculine)[instrumental single]√tan (verb class 8)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 4)[perfect active second plural]√tan (verb class 1)[perfect active second plural]
- gacchann -
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gacchat (noun, masculine)[nominative single], [vocative single]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- riṣyati -
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√riṣ -> riṣyat (participle, masculine)[locative single from √riṣ class 4 verb]√riṣ -> riṣyat (participle, neuter)[locative single from √riṣ class 4 verb]√riṣ (verb class 4)[present active third single]