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 9.12

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अरक्षिता गृहे रुद्धाः पुरुषैराप्तकारिभिः ।
आत्मानमात्मना यास्तु रक्षेयुस्ताः सुरक्षिताः ॥ १२ ॥

arakṣitā gṛhe ruddhāḥ puruṣairāptakāribhiḥ |
ātmānamātmanā yāstu rakṣeyustāḥ surakṣitāḥ || 12 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.12 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 (9.12). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Arakshita, Grih, Griha, Ruddha, Purusha, Aptakarin, Atman, Tas, Surakshita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.12). 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: “arakṣitā gṛhe ruddhāḥ puruṣairāptakāribhiḥ ”
arakṣitā* -
arakṣita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

arakṣitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
gṛhe -
gṛh (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

gṛh (noun, neuter)

[dative single]

gṛhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
ruddhāḥ -
ruddha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

ruddhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√rudh -> ruddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √rudh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √rudh class 1 verb]

√rudh -> ruddhā (participle, feminine)

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

√rudh -> ruddha (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √rudh class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √rudh class 7 verb]

√rudh -> ruddhā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √rudh class 7 verb], [vocative plural from √rudh class 7 verb], [accusative plural from √rudh class 7 verb]
puruṣair -
puruṣa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

puruṣa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
āptakāribhiḥ -
āptakārin (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

āptakārin (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “ātmānamātmanā yāstu rakṣeyustāḥ surakṣitāḥ ”
ātmānam -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
ātmanā -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
yās -
yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
rakṣeyus -
√rakṣ (verb class 1)

[optative active third plural]
tāḥ -
ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

tas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [accusative plural]
surakṣitāḥ -
surakṣita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

surakṣitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023