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 9.1

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पुरुषस्य स्त्रियाश्चैव धर्मे वर्त्मनि तिष्ठतोः ।
संयोगे विप्रयोगे च धर्मान्वक्ष्यामि शाश्वतान् ॥ १ ॥

puruṣasya striyāścaiva dharme vartmani tiṣṭhatoḥ |
saṃyoge viprayoge ca dharmānvakṣyāmi śāśvatān || 1 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.1 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 (9.1). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Purusha, Stri, Dharma, Vartman, Tishthat, Samyoga, Viprayoga, Shashvata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.1). 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: “puruṣasya striyāścaiva dharme vartmani tiṣṭhatoḥ ”
puruṣasya -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

puruṣa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
striyāś -
strī (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
dharme -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vartmani -
vartmani (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

vartman (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
tiṣṭhatoḥ -
√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)

[genitive dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [locative dual from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

[genitive dual from √sthā class 1 verb], [locative dual from √sthā class 1 verb]
Line 2: “saṃyoge viprayoge ca dharmānvakṣyāmi śāśvatān ”
saṃyoge -
saṃyoga (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
viprayoge -
viprayoga (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dharmān -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vakṣyāmi -
√vac (verb class 2)

[future active first single]

√vac (verb class 3)

[future active first single]

√vah (verb class 1)

[future active first single]
śāśvatān -
śāśvata (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023