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 6.21

पुष्पमूलफलैर्वाऽपि केवलैर्वर्तयेत्सदा ।
कालपक्वैः स्वयं शीर्णैर्वैखानसमते स्थितः ॥ २१ ॥

puṣpamūlaphalairvā'pi kevalairvartayetsadā |
kālapakvaiḥ svayaṃ śīrṇairvaikhānasamate sthitaḥ || 21 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 6.21 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 (6.21). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pushpamula, Phala, Api, Kevala, Sada, Sad, Kalapakva, Svayam, Shirna, Vaikhanasamata, Sthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 6.21). 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: “puṣpamūlaphalairvā'pi kevalairvartayetsadā
  • puṣpamūla -
  • puṣpamūla (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    puṣpamūla (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • phalair -
  • phala (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    phala (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • vā' -
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • kevalair -
  • kevala (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    kevala (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • vartayet -
  • vṛt (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • sadā -
  • sadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sad (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    sad (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    sadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “kālapakvaiḥ svayaṃ śīrṇairvaikhānasamate sthitaḥ
  • kālapakvaiḥ -
  • kālapakva (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    kālapakva (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • śīrṇair -
  • śīrṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śīrṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
    śṝ -> śīrṇa (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental plural from √śṝ class 9 verb]
    śṝ -> śīrṇa (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental plural from √śṝ class 9 verb]
  • vaikhānasamate -
  • vaikhānasamata (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • sthitaḥ -
  • sthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
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