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 4.199

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प्रेत्येह चेदृशा विप्रा गर्ह्यन्ते ब्रह्मवादिभिः ।
चद्मना चरितं यच्च व्रतं रक्षांसि गच्छति ॥ १९९ ॥

pretyeha cedṛśā viprā garhyante brahmavādibhiḥ |
cadmanā caritaṃ yacca vrataṃ rakṣāṃsi gacchati || 199 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.199 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 (4.199). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pretya, Preti, Iha, Ced, Risha, Vipra, Brahmavadin, Brahmavadi, Carita, Yat, Yad, Vrata, Rakshas, Gacchat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.199). 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: “pretyeha cedṛśā viprā garhyante brahmavādibhiḥ ”
pretye -
pretya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

preti (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]

pretī (noun, masculine)

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

pretī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single]
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ced -
ced (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ced (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ṛśā* -
ṛśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
viprā* -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

viprā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
garhyante -
√garh (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]

√garh (verb class 10)

[present passive third plural]
brahmavādibhiḥ -
brahmavādin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

brahmavādin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

brahmavādī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “cadmanā caritaṃ yacca vrataṃ rakṣāṃsi gacchati ”
Cannot analyse cadmanā*ca
caritam -
carita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

carita (noun, neuter)

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

caritā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yac -
yat (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

yad (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

yat (noun, neuter)

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

√i -> yat (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vratam -
vrata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vrata (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
rakṣāṃsi -
rakṣas (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
gacchati -
gacchat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

gacchat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√gam (verb class 1)

[present active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023