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 6.2

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गृहस्थस्तु यथा पश्येद्वलीपलितमात्मनः ।
अपत्यस्यैव चापत्यं तदाऽरण्यं समाश्रयेत् ॥ २ ॥

gṛhasthastu yathā paśyedvalīpalitamātmanaḥ |
apatyasyaiva cāpatyaṃ tadā'raṇyaṃ samāśrayet || 2 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 6.2 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 (6.2). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Grihastha, Yatha, Pashya, Dva, Ali, Alin, Palita, Atman, Apatya, Capa, Sya, Aranya, Sama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 6.2). 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: “gṛhasthastu yathā paśyedvalīpalitamātmanaḥ ”
gṛhasthas -
gṛhastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
paśye -
paśya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paśya (noun, neuter)

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

paśyā (noun, feminine)

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

√paś -> paśya (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √paś class 10 verb]

√paś -> paśya (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √paś class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √paś class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √paś class 10 verb], [locative single from √paś class 10 verb]

√paś -> paśyā (participle, feminine)

[nominative dual from √paś class 10 verb], [vocative single from √paś class 10 verb], [vocative dual from √paś class 10 verb], [accusative dual from √paś class 10 verb]

√paś (verb class 10)

[present passive first single]
dva -
dū (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

dva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

dva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
alī -
ali (noun, masculine)

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

alin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
palitam -
palita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

palita (noun, neuter)

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

palitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ātmanaḥ -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “apatyasyaiva cāpatyaṃ tadā'raṇyaṃ samāśrayet ”
apatyasyai -
apatya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
cāpa -
cāpa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

cāpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tyam -
sya (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
tadā' -
araṇyam -
araṇya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

araṇya (noun, neuter)

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

araṇyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√raṇ (verb class 4)

[imperfect active first single]
samā -
samā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

samā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
śrayet -
√śri (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023