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 8.103

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तद्वदन्धर्मतोऽर्थेषु जानन्नप्यन्य्था नरः ।
न स्वर्गाच्च्यवते लोकाद्दैवीं वाचं वदन्ति ताम् ॥ १०३ ॥

tadvadandharmato'rtheṣu jānannapyanythā naraḥ |
na svargāccyavate lokāddaivīṃ vācaṃ vadanti tām || 103 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.103 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 (8.103). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharmatah, Dharmata, Artha, Nara, Nri, Svarga, Loka, Daivi, Vac, Vaca, Vadat, Vadanti,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.103). 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: “tadvadandharmato'rtheṣu jānannapyanythā naraḥ ”
tadva -
tadvan (noun, masculine)

[compound]
dan -
dā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

dā (noun, masculine)

[adverb]
dharmato' -
dharmataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dharmata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
artheṣu -
artha (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

artha (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
Cannot analyse jānannapyanythā*na
naraḥ -
nara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “na svargāccyavate lokāddaivīṃ vācaṃ vadanti tām ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
svargāc -
svarga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

svarga (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
cyavate -
√cyu (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]
lokād -
loka (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
daivīm -
daivī (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vācam -
vācā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

vāca (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vāc (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
vadanti -
√vad -> vadat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √vad class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vad class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vad class 1 verb]

√vad -> vadantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √vad class 1 verb]

√vad (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
tām -
tā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023