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 8.388

ऋत्विजं यस्त्यजेद्याज्यो याज्यं चर्त्विक्त्यजेद्यदि ।
शक्तं कर्मण्यदुष्टं च तयोर्दण्डः शतं शतम् ॥ ३८८ ॥

ṛtvijaṃ yastyajedyājyo yājyaṃ cartviktyajedyadi |
śaktaṃ karmaṇyaduṣṭaṃ ca tayordaṇḍaḥ śataṃ śatam || 388 ||

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

Ritvij, Yah, Yajya, Yadi, Yad, Shakta, Karmani, Karmanya, Karman, Adushta, Tad, Danda, Shata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.388). 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: “ṛtvijaṃ yastyajedyājyo yājyaṃ cartviktyajedyadi
  • ṛtvijam -
  • ṛtvijā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ṛtvij (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • yas -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tyajed -
  • tyaj (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • yājyo* -
  • yājya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaj -> yājya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √yaj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √yaj]
  • yājyam -
  • yājya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    yājya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    yājyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    yaj -> yājya (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √yaj]
    yaj -> yājya (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √yaj]
    yaj -> yājyā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √yaj]
    yaj -> yājya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √yaj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √yaj]
    yaj -> yājya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √yaj class 1 verb], [accusative single from √yaj class 1 verb], [nominative single from √yaj], [accusative single from √yaj]
  • car -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ṛtvik -
  • ṛtvij (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ṛtvij (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tyajed -
  • tyaj (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • Line 2: “śaktaṃ karmaṇyaduṣṭaṃ ca tayordaṇḍaḥ śataṃ śatam
  • śaktam -
  • śakta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śakta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śaktā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    śac -> śakta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √śac class 1 verb]
    śac -> śakta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √śac class 1 verb], [accusative single from √śac class 1 verb]
    śak -> śakta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √śak class 5 verb]
    śak -> śakta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √śak class 5 verb], [accusative single from √śak class 5 verb]
  • 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]
  • aduṣṭam -
  • aduṣṭa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aduṣṭa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aduṣṭā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tayor -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • daṇḍaḥ -
  • daṇḍa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • śatam -
  • śata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śatam -
  • śata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śatā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
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