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 7.38

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वृद्धांश्च नित्यं सेवेत विप्रान्वेदविदः शुचीन् ।
वृद्धसेवी हि सततं रक्षोभिरपि पूज्यते ॥ ३८ ॥

vṛddhāṃśca nityaṃ seveta viprānvedavidaḥ śucīn |
vṛddhasevī hi satataṃ rakṣobhirapi pūjyate || 38 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 7.38 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 (7.38). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vriddha, Nityam, Nitya, Vipra, Vedavid, Shuci, Vriddhasevin, Satatam, Satata, Rakshas, Api, Pujyata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 7.38). 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: “vṛddhāṃśca nityaṃ seveta viprānvedavidaḥ śucīn ”
vṛddhāṃś -
vṛddha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
seveta -
√sev (verb class 1)

[optative middle third single]
viprān -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vedavidaḥ -
vedavid (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

vedavid (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
śucīn -
śuci (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “vṛddhasevī hi satataṃ rakṣobhirapi pūjyate ”
vṛddhasevī -
vṛddhasevin (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
satatam -
satatam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

satata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

satata (noun, neuter)

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

satatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
rakṣobhir -
rakṣas (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

rakṣas (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]
pūjyate -
pūjyatā (noun, feminine)

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

√pūj (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√pūj (verb class 10)

[present passive third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023