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 5.3

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स तानुवाच धर्मात्मा महर्षीन्मानवो भृगुः ।
श्रूयतां येन दोषेण मृत्युर्विप्रान् जिघांसति ॥ ३ ॥

sa tānuvāca dharmātmā maharṣīnmānavo bhṛguḥ |
śrūyatāṃ yena doṣeṇa mṛtyurviprān jighāṃsati || 3 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.3 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 (5.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharmatman, Maharshi, Manava, Bhrigu, Yena, Yah, Yat, Dosha, Mrityu, Vipra, Jighamsat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.3). 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: “sa tānuvāca dharmātmā maharṣīnmānavo bhṛguḥ ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tān -
ta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

sa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
uvāca -
√vac (verb class 2)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[perfect active first single], [perfect active third single]
dharmātmā -
dharmātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
maharṣīn -
maharṣi (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
mānavo* -
mānava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhṛguḥ -
bhṛgu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śrūyatāṃ yena doṣeṇa mṛtyurviprān jighāṃsati ”
śrūyatām -
√śru (verb class 5)

[imperative passive third single]
yena -
yena (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
doṣeṇa -
doṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
mṛtyur -
mṛtyu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
viprān -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
jighāṃsati -
√han -> jighāṃsat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √han]

√han -> jighāṃsat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √han]

√han (verb class 0)

[present active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023