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 6.91

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चतुर्भिरपि चैवैतैर्नित्यमाश्रमिभिर्द्विजैः ।
दशलक्षणको धर्मः सेवितव्यः प्रयत्नतः ॥ ९१ ॥

caturbhirapi caivaitairnityamāśramibhirdvijaiḥ |
daśalakṣaṇako dharmaḥ sevitavyaḥ prayatnataḥ || 91 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 6.91 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 (6.91). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Catus, Api, Eta, Etad, Esha, Nityam, Nitya, Ashramin, Ashrami, Dvija, Dashalakshanaka, Dharma, Sevitavya, Prayatnatah, Prayatnatas,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 6.91). 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: “caturbhirapi caivaitairnityamāśramibhirdvijaiḥ ”
caturbhir -
catus (noun, neuter)

[instrumental 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]
aivai -
√i (verb class 2)

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

[instrumental plural]

eta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

etad (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

eṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āśramibhir -
āśramin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

āśramin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

āśramī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
dvijaiḥ -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

dvija (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “daśalakṣaṇako dharmaḥ sevitavyaḥ prayatnataḥ ”
daśalakṣaṇako* -
daśalakṣaṇaka (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]
sevitavyaḥ -
sevitavya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sev -> sevitavya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sev class 1 verb]
prayatnataḥ -
prayatnataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

prayatnatas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023