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 5.155

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कामं तु क्षपयेद्देहं पुष्पमूलफलैः शुभैः ।
न तु नामापि गृह्णीयात्पत्यौ प्रेते परस्य तु ॥ १५५ ॥

kāmaṃ tu kṣapayeddehaṃ puṣpamūlaphalaiḥ śubhaiḥ |
na tu nāmāpi gṛhṇīyātpatyau prete parasya tu || 155 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.155 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 (5.155). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kamam, Kama, Deha, Pushpamula, Phala, Shubha, Naman, Api, Pati, Preta, Preti, Para,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.155). 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: “kāmaṃ tu kṣapayeddehaṃ puṣpamūlaphalaiḥ śubhaiḥ ”
kāmam -
kāmam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

kāma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kāma (noun, neuter)

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

kāmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kṣapayed -
√kṣap (verb class 10)

[optative active third single]

√kṣī (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
deham -
deha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

deha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
puṣpamūla -
puṣpamūla (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

puṣpamūla (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
phalaiḥ -
phala (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

phala (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
śubhaiḥ -
śubha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

śubha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “na tu nāmāpi gṛhṇīyātpatyau prete parasya tu ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
nāmā -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
gṛhṇīyāt -
√grah (verb class 9)

[optative active third single]
patyau -
pati (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

patī (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
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]
parasya -
para (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

para (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023