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 4.253

आर्धिकः कुलमित्रं च गोपालो दासनापितौ ।
एते शूद्रेषु भोज्यान्ना याश्चात्मानं निवेदयेत् ॥ २५३ ॥

ārdhikaḥ kulamitraṃ ca gopālo dāsanāpitau |
ete śūdreṣu bhojyānnā yāścātmānaṃ nivedayet || 253 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.253 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 (4.253). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ardhika, Kulamitra, Gopala, Dasa, Napita, Eta, Etad, Eti, Esha, Shudra, Bhojyanna, Mana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.253). 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: “ārdhikaḥ kulamitraṃ ca gopālo dāsanāpitau
  • ārdhikaḥ -
  • ārdhika (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kulamitram -
  • kulamitra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kulamitra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • gopālo* -
  • gopāla (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dāsa -
  • dāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dāsa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    dās (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
    das (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • nāpitau -
  • nāpita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “ete śūdreṣu bhojyānnā yāścātmānaṃ nivedayet
  • ete -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    eta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    etā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    eti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    eṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
  • śūdreṣu -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
  • bhojyānnā* -
  • bhojyānna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhojyānnā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yāś -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • cāt -
  • ca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • mānam -
  • māna (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    māna (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    man -> māna (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
    man -> māna (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [accusative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb], [accusative single from √man class 8 verb]
  • ni -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • vedayet -
  • vid (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
    vid (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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