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 5.146

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बाल्ये पितुर्वशे तिष्ठेत्पाणिग्राहस्य यौवने ।
पुत्राणां भर्तरि प्रेते न भजेत्स्त्री स्वतन्त्रताम् ॥ १४६ ॥

bālye piturvaśe tiṣṭhetpāṇigrāhasya yauvane |
putrāṇāṃ bhartari prete na bhajetstrī svatantratām || 146 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.146 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 (5.146). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Balya, Bali, Pitri, Pitu, Vasha, Vashi, Panigraha, Yauvana, Putra, Bhartri, Preta, Preti, Stri, Svatantrata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.146). 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: “bālye piturvaśe tiṣṭhetpāṇigrāhasya yauvane ”
bālye -
bālya (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

bālī (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
pitur -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

pitu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vaśe -
vaśa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vaśa (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

vaśā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

vaśi (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

vaśi (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]
tiṣṭhet -
√sthā (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
pāṇigrāhasya -
pāṇigrāha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
yauvane -
yauvana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
Line 2: “putrāṇāṃ bhartari prete na bhajetstrī svatantratām ”
putrāṇām -
putra (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

putra (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

putrā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
bhartari -
bhartṛ (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
prete -
preta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

preta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

pretā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

preti (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

√pre (verb class 2)

[present middle third single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhajet -
√bhaj (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
strī -
strī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
svatantratām -
svatantratā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023