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 9.3

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पिता रक्षति कौमारे भर्ता रक्षति यौवने ।
रक्षन्ति स्थविरे पुत्रा न स्त्री स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति ॥ ३ ॥

pitā rakṣati kaumāre bhartā rakṣati yauvane |
rakṣanti sthavire putrā na strī svātantryamarhati || 3 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.3 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 (9.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pitri, Rakshat, Kaumara, Bhartri, Yauvana, Rakshanti, Sthavira, Putra, Stri, Svatantrya, Arhat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.3). 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: “pitā rakṣati kaumāre bhartā rakṣati yauvane ”
pitā -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
rakṣati -
√rakṣ -> rakṣat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb]

√rakṣ -> rakṣat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb]

√rakṣ (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
kaumāre -
kaumāra (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

kaumāra (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

kaumārā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
bhartā -
bhartṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√bhṛ (verb class 1)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√bhṛ (verb class 2)

[periphrastic-future active third single]

√bhṛ (verb class 3)

[periphrastic-future active third single]
rakṣati -
√rakṣ -> rakṣat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb]

√rakṣ -> rakṣat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb]

√rakṣ (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
yauvane -
yauvana (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
Line 2: “rakṣanti sthavire putrā na strī svātantryamarhati ”
rakṣanti -
√rakṣ -> rakṣat (participle, neuter)

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

√rakṣ -> rakṣantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb]

√rakṣ (verb class 1)

[present active third plural]
sthavire -
sthavira (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sthavira (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

sthavirā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
putrā* -
putra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

putrā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
strī -
strī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
svātantryam -
svātantrya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
arhati -
arhat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

arhat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√arh (verb class 1)

[present active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023