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 9.8

पतिर्भार्यां सम्प्रविश्य गर्भो भूत्वैह जायते ।
जायायास्तद् हि जायात्वं यदस्यां जायते पुनः ॥ ८ ॥

patirbhāryāṃ sampraviśya garbho bhūtvaiha jāyate |
jāyāyāstad hi jāyātvaṃ yadasyāṃ jāyate punaḥ || 8 ||

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

Pati, Bharya, Sampravishya, Garbha, Eha, Jayat, Jaya, Tad, Jayatva, Yat, Yad, Asi, Iyam, Idam, Puna,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.8). 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: “patirbhāryāṃ sampraviśya garbho bhūtvaiha jāyate
  • patir -
  • pati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    pati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhāryām -
  • bhāryā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √bhṛ]
  • sampraviśya -
  • sampraviśya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sampraviśya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • garbho* -
  • garbha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhūtvai -
  • bhū -> bhūtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √bhū]
  • eha -
  • eha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single]
  • Line 2: “jāyāyāstad hi jāyātvaṃ yadasyāṃ jāyate punaḥ
  • jāyāyās -
  • jāyā (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • jāyātvam -
  • jāyātva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yad -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • asyām -
  • asi (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    asī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    iyam (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    idam (pronoun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • jāyate -
  • jai -> jāyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai -> jāyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √jai class 1 verb]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third single]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third single]
  • punaḥ -
  • pu (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    puna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
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