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 8.76

यत्रानिबद्धोऽपीक्षेत शृणुयाद्वाऽपि किं चन ।
पृष्टस्तत्रापि तद्ब्रूयाद्यथादृष्टं यथाश्रुतम् ॥ ७६ ॥

yatrānibaddho'pīkṣeta śṛṇuyādvā'pi kiṃ cana |
pṛṣṭastatrāpi tadbrūyādyathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam || 76 ||

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

Yatra, Anibaddha, Api, Kim, Cana, Prishta, Tatra, Tad, Tat, Yatha, Adrishta, Yathashruta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “yatrānibaddho'pīkṣeta śṛṇuyādvā'pi kiṃ cana
  • yatrā -
  • yatra (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yatra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatrā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • anibaddho' -
  • anibaddha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • apī -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    api (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • īkṣeta -
  • īkṣ (verb class 1)
    [optative middle third single]
  • śṛṇuyād -
  • śru (verb class 5)
    [optative active third single]
  • vā' -
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • kim -
  • kim (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    kim (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kim (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • cana -
  • cana (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    cana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    cana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    can (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • Line 2: “pṛṣṭastatrāpi tadbrūyādyathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam
  • pṛṣṭas -
  • pṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    pṛṣ -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √pṛṣ class 1 verb]
    praś -> pṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √praś class 6 verb]
  • tatrā -
  • tatra (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tatra (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tatra (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • api -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • brūyād -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • adṛṣṭam -
  • adṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    adṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    adṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • yathāśrutam -
  • yathāśruta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yathāśruta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yathāśrutā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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