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 5.39

यज्ञार्थं पशवः सृष्टाः स्वयमेव स्वयम्भुवा ।
यज्ञोऽस्य भूत्यै सर्वस्य तस्माद्यज्ञे वधोऽवधः ॥ ३९ ॥

yajñārthaṃ paśavaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayameva svayambhuvā |
yajño'sya bhūtyai sarvasya tasmādyajñe vadho'vadhaḥ || 39 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.39 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 (5.39). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yajna, Artha, Pashu, Srishta, Svayam, Eva, Svayambhu, Svayambhuva, Idam, Bhuti, Sarva, Tasmat, Tad, Vadha, Vadhu, Avadha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.39). 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: “yajñārthaṃ paśavaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayameva svayambhuvā
  • yajñā -
  • yajña (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • artham -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • paśavaḥ -
  • paśu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • sṛṣṭāḥ -
  • sṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    sṛj -> sṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √sṛj class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √sṛj class 6 verb]
    sṛj -> sṛṣṭā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √sṛj class 6 verb], [vocative plural from √sṛj class 6 verb], [accusative plural from √sṛj class 6 verb]
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • svayambhuvā -
  • svayambhū (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
    svayambhuvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “yajño'sya bhūtyai sarvasya tasmādyajñe vadho'vadhaḥ
  • yajño' -
  • yajña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • asya -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • bhūtyai -
  • bhūti (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
    bhūtī (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
  • sarvasya -
  • sarva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    sarva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • tasmād -
  • tasmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single]
  • yajñe -
  • yajña (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • vadho' -
  • vadhar (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    vadha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vadhu (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • avadhaḥ -
  • avadha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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