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 8.215

भृतो नार्तो न कुर्याद्यो दर्पात्कर्म यथोदितम् ।
स दण्ड्यः कृष्णलान्यष्टौ न देयं चास्य वेतनम् ॥ २१५ ॥

bhṛto nārto na kuryādyo darpātkarma yathoditam |
sa daṇḍyaḥ kṛṣṇalānyaṣṭau na deyaṃ cāsya vetanam || 215 ||

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

Bhrit, Bhrita, Nri, Arta, Yah, Darpa, Karman, Yathodita, Dandya, Dandi, Krishnala, Krishnalani, Ashta, Ashti, Deya, Idam, Vetana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.215). 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: “bhṛto nārto na kuryādyo darpātkarma yathoditam
  • bhṛto* -
  • bhṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhṛt (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    bhṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    bhṛ (verb class 2)
    [present active third dual]
  • -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    nṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ārto* -
  • ārta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kuryād -
  • kṛ (verb class 8)
    [optative active third single]
  • yo* -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • darpāt -
  • darpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • karma -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • yathoditam -
  • yathodita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yathodita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yathoditā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “sa daṇḍyaḥ kṛṣṇalānyaṣṭau na deyaṃ cāsya vetanam
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • daṇḍyaḥ -
  • daṇḍya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    daṇḍī (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    daṇḍī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • kṛṣṇalānya -
  • kṛṣṇalāni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṛṣṇalāni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    kṛṣṇalāni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kṛṣṇala (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • aṣṭau -
  • aṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    aṣṭi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    -> aṣṭa (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √ class 5 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 5 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 5 verb]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • deyam -
  • deya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    deya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    deyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • asya -
  • as -> asya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √as]
    a (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    as (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • vetanam -
  • vetana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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