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 5.161

पतिं हित्वाऽपकृष्टं स्वमुत्कृष्टं या निषेवते ।
निन्द्यैव सा भवेल्लोके परपूर्वैति चौच्यते ॥ १६१ ॥

patiṃ hitvā'pakṛṣṭaṃ svamutkṛṣṭaṃ yā niṣevate |
nindyaiva sā bhavelloke parapūrvaiti caucyate || 161 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 5.161 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 (5.161). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pati, Apakrishta, Sva, Utkrishta, Nisheva, Tad, Yushmad, Nindin, Nindya, Loka, Parapurva, Ucyat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 5.161). 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: “patiṃ hitvā'pakṛṣṭaṃ svamutkṛṣṭaṃ niṣevate
  • patim -
  • pati (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    pati (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • hitvā' -
  • apakṛṣṭam -
  • apakṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    apakṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    apakṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • svam -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • utkṛṣṭam -
  • utkṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    utkṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    utkṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yā* -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
  • niṣeva -
  • niṣeva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    niṣeva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • Line 2: “nindyaiva bhavelloke parapūrvaiti caucyate
  • nindyai -
  • nindin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single]
    nindin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    nindya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nindya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    nind -> nindya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √nind]
    nindyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nind -> nindya (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √nind class 1 verb]
    nind -> nindya (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √nind class 1 verb]
    nind -> nindyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative single from √nind class 1 verb]
    nind (verb class 1)
    [imperative passive first single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • bhavel -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • loke -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    lok (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • parapūrvai -
  • parapūrvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • eti -
  • eti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • ucyate -
  • uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]
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