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 5.149

यस्मै दद्यात्पिता त्वेनां भ्राता वाऽनुमते पितुः ।
तं शुश्रूषेत जीवन्तं संस्थितं च न लङ्घयेत् ॥ १४९ ॥

yasmai dadyātpitā tvenāṃ bhrātā vā'numate pituḥ |
taṃ śuśrūṣeta jīvantaṃ saṃsthitaṃ ca na laṅghayet || 149 ||

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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 (5.149). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Yat, Pitri, Tva, Bhratri, Anumate, Anumata, Anumati, Pitu, Jivanta, Jivat, Samsthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.149). 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: “yasmai dadyātpitā tvenāṃ bhrātā vā'numate pituḥ
  • yasmai -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • dadyāt -
  • (verb class 3)
    [optative active third single]
  • pitā -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • tvenā -
  • tva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • am -
  • a (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    e (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • bhrātā -
  • bhrātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • vā' -
  • anumate -
  • anumate (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    anumata (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    anumata (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    anumatā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    anumati (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • pituḥ -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    pitu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “taṃ śuśrūṣeta jīvantaṃ saṃsthitaṃ ca na laṅghayet
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • śuśrūṣeta -
  • śru (verb class 0)
    [optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
  • jīvantam -
  • jīvanta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jīvanta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jīvantā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    jīvat (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
  • saṃsthitam -
  • saṃsthita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saṃsthita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    saṃsthitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • laṅghayet -
  • laṅgh (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
    laṅgh (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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