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 5.156

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आसीतामरणात्क्षान्ता नियता ब्रह्मचारिणी ।
यो धर्म एकपत्नीनां काङ्क्षन्ती तमनुत्तमम् ॥ १५६ ॥

āsītāmaraṇātkṣāntā niyatā brahmacāriṇī |
yo dharma ekapatnīnāṃ kāṅkṣantī tamanuttamam || 156 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.156 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 (5.156). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Amarana, Kshanta, Niyata, Brahmacarini, Brahmacarin, Brahmacari, Yah, Dharma, Ekapatni, Kankshat, Kankshanti, Tama, Nutta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.156). 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: “āsītāmaraṇātkṣāntā niyatā brahmacāriṇī ”
āsītā -
√ās (verb class 2)

[optative middle third single]
amaraṇāt -
amaraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
kṣāntā* -
kṣānta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kṣāntā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
niyatā* -
niyata (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

niyatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
brahmacāriṇī -
brahmacāriṇī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

brahmacārin (noun, neuter)

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

brahmacārī (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “yo dharma ekapatnīnāṃ kāṅkṣantī tamanuttamam ”
yo* -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dharma* -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ekapatnīnām -
ekapatnī (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
kāṅkṣantī -
kāṅkṣantī (noun, masculine)

[compound]

kāṅkṣantī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

kāṅkṣat (noun, neuter)

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

√kāṅkṣ -> kāṅkṣat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √kāṅkṣ class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √kāṅkṣ class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √kāṅkṣ class 1 verb]

√kāṅkṣ -> kāṅkṣantī (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √kāṅkṣ class 1 verb]
tama -
tama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nuttam -
nutta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nutta (noun, neuter)

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

nuttā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√nud -> nutta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √nud class 6 verb]

√nud -> nutta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √nud class 6 verb], [accusative single from √nud class 6 verb]
am -
a (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

e (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023