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 4.252

गुरुषु त्वभ्यतीतेषु विना वा तैर्गृहे वसन् ।
आत्मनो वृत्तिमन्विच्छन् गृह्णीयात्साधुतः सदा ॥ २५२ ॥

guruṣu tvabhyatīteṣu vinā vā tairgṛhe vasan |
ātmano vṛttimanvicchan gṛhṇīyātsādhutaḥ sadā || 252 ||

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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 (4.252). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Guru, Tva, Abhyatita, Vina, Tad, Grih, Griha, Vasat, Atman, Vrittimat, Vid, Vidh, Sadhutah, Sada, Sad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.252). 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: “guruṣu tvabhyatīteṣu vinā tairgṛhe vasan
  • guruṣu -
  • guru (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    guru (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
    gurū (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • tva -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • abhyatīteṣu -
  • abhyatīta (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    abhyatīta (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • vinā* -
  • vina (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vinā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • tair -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • gṛhe -
  • gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    gṛh (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • vasan -
  • vas -> vasat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vas class 1 verb]
  • Line 2: “ātmano vṛttimanvicchan gṛhṇīyātsādhutaḥ sadā
  • ātmano* -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • vṛttiman -
  • vṛttimat (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • vic -
  • vid (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    vidh (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    vidh (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • chan -
  • gṛhṇīyāt -
  • grah (verb class 9)
    [optative active third single]
  • sādhutaḥ -
  • sādhutaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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