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 5.64

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गुरोः प्रेतस्य शिष्यस्तु पितृमेधं समाचरन् ।
प्रेतहारैः समं तत्र दशरात्रेण शुध्यति ॥ ६४ ॥

guroḥ pretasya śiṣyastu pitṛmedhaṃ samācaran |
pretahāraiḥ samaṃ tatra daśarātreṇa śudhyati || 64 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.64 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 (5.64). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Guru, Preta, Shishya, Pitrimedha, Sama, Acarat, Pretahara, Samam, Tatra, Dasharatra, Shudhyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.64). 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: “guroḥ pretasya śiṣyastu pitṛmedhaṃ samācaran ”
guroḥ -
guru (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
pretasya -
preta (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

preta (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
śiṣyas -
śiṣya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√śās -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śās class 2 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √śiṣ class 10 verb]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
pitṛmedham -
pitṛmedha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
samā -
sama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

samā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√sam (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]

samā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
acaran -
acarat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

√car (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third plural]
Line 2: “pretahāraiḥ samaṃ tatra daśarātreṇa śudhyati ”
pretahāraiḥ -
pretahāra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
samam -
samam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sama (noun, neuter)

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

samā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
daśarātreṇa -
daśarātra (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

daśarātra (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
śudhyati -
√śudh -> śudhyat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √śudh class 4 verb]

√śudh -> śudhyat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √śudh class 4 verb]

√śudh (verb class 4)

[present active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023