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 8.42

स्वानि कर्माणि कुर्वाणा दूरे सन्तोऽपि मानवाः ।
प्रिया भवन्ति लोकस्य स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यवस्थिताः ॥ ४२ ॥

svāni karmāṇi kurvāṇā dūre santo'pi mānavāḥ |
priyā bhavanti lokasya sve sve karmaṇyavasthitāḥ || 42 ||

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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 (8.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sva, Svani, Svanin, Svan, Karman, Kurvana, Dure, Dura, Sat, Santa, Api, Manava, Pri, Priya, Bhavanti, Bhavat, Bhavant, Loka, Karmani, Karmanya, Avasthita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.42). 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: “svāni karmāṇi kurvāṇā dūre santo'pi mānavāḥ
  • svāni -
  • svāni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    svāni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    svāni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    svānin (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    svānin (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • karmāṇi -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • kurvāṇā* -
  • kurvāṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    kurvāṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    kṛ -> kurvāṇa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
    kṛ -> kurvāṇā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [vocative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb], [accusative plural from √kṛ class 8 verb]
  • dūre -
  • dūre (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dūra (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    dūra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    dūrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • santo' -
  • sat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    santa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    sam -> santa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sam class 1 verb]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • mānavāḥ -
  • mānava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “priyā bhavanti lokasya sve sve karmaṇyavasthitāḥ
  • priyā* -
  • prī (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    prī (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    priya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    priyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhavanti -
  • bhavanti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    bhavantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [accusative plural]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • lokasya -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • sve -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • sve -
  • sva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    svā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • karmaṇya -
  • karmaṇi (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    karmaṇi (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    karmaṇi (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    karmaṇya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    karmaṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    karman (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • avasthitāḥ -
  • avasthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    avasthitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
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