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 5.28

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प्राणस्यान्नमिदं सर्वं प्रजापतिरकल्पयत् ।
स्थावरं जङ्गमं चैव सर्वं प्राणस्य भोजनम् ॥ २८ ॥

prāṇasyānnamidaṃ sarvaṃ prajāpatirakalpayat |
sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ caiva sarvaṃ prāṇasya bhojanam || 28 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.28 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 (5.28). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prana, Anna, Idam, Sarvam, Sarva, Prajapati, Sthavara, Jangama, Bhojana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.28). 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: “prāṇasyānnamidaṃ sarvaṃ prajāpatirakalpayat ”
prāṇasyā -
prāṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

prāṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
annam -
anna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

anna (noun, neuter)

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

annā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
idam -
idam (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
sarvam -
sarvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
prajāpatir -
prajāpati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
akalpayat -
√kḷp (verb class 0)

[imperfect active third single]
Line 2: “sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ caiva sarvaṃ prāṇasya bhojanam ”
sthāvaram -
sthāvara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sthāvara (noun, neuter)

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

sthāvarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
jaṅgamam -
jaṅgama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

jaṅgama (noun, neuter)

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

jaṅgamā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
sarvam -
sarvam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [accusative single]
prāṇasya -
prāṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

prāṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
bhojanam -
bhojana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhojana (noun, neuter)

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

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023