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 4.257

महर्षिपितृदेवानां गत्वाऽनृण्यं यथाविधि ।
पुत्रे सर्वं समासज्य वसेन्माध्यस्थ्यमाश्रितः ॥ २५७ ॥

maharṣipitṛdevānāṃ gatvā'nṛṇyaṃ yathāvidhi |
putre sarvaṃ samāsajya vasenmādhyasthyamāśritaḥ || 257 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.257 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 (4.257). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pitrideva, Anrinin, Yathavidhi, Putra, Sarvam, Sarva, Samasa, Jya, Madhyasthya, Ashrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.257). 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: “maharṣipitṛdevānāṃ gatvā'nṛṇyaṃ yathāvidhi
  • maharṣi -
  • maharṣi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • pitṛdevānām -
  • pitṛdeva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    pitṛdeva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    pitṛdevā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • gatvā' -
  • anṛṇya -
  • anṛṇin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    anṛṇin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    nṝ (verb class 9)
    [imperfect middle first single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • yathāvidhi -
  • yathāvidhi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “putre sarvaṃ samāsajya vasenmādhyasthyamāśritaḥ
  • putre -
  • putra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    putra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    putrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sarvam -
  • sarvam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • samāsa -
  • samāsa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jya -
  • jya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    jya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vasen -
  • vas (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • mādhyasthyam -
  • mādhyasthya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • āśritaḥ -
  • āśrita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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