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 6.89

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सर्वेषामपि चैतेषां वेदस्मृतिविधानतः ।
गृहस्थ उच्यते श्रेष्ठः स त्रीनेतान्बिभर्ति हि ॥ ८९ ॥

sarveṣāmapi caiteṣāṃ vedasmṛtividhānataḥ |
gṛhastha ucyate śreṣṭhaḥ sa trīnetānbibharti hi || 89 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 6.89 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 (6.89). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarva, Api, Etad, Esha, Vedasmriti, Vidhanatah, Vidhanatas, Grihastha, Ucyat, Shreshtha, Tri, Eta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 6.89). 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: “sarveṣāmapi caiteṣāṃ vedasmṛtividhānataḥ ”
sarveṣām -
sarva (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

sarva (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
eteṣām -
etad (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]
vedasmṛti -
vedasmṛti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

vedasmṛtī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
vidhānataḥ -
vidhānataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

vidhānatas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “gṛhastha ucyate śreṣṭhaḥ sa trīnetānbibharti hi ”
gṛhastha* -
gṛhastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative 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]
śreṣṭhaḥ -
śreṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
trīn -
tri (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
etān -
eta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
bibharti -
√bhṛ (verb class 3)

[present active third single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023