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 9.22

यादृग्गुणेन भर्त्रा स्त्री संयुज्येत यथाविधि ।
तादृग्गुणा सा भवति समुद्रेणैव निम्नगा ॥ २२ ॥

yādṛgguṇena bhartrā strī saṃyujyeta yathāvidhi |
tādṛgguṇā sā bhavati samudreṇaiva nimnagā || 22 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.22 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 (9.22). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yadrigguna, Bhartri, Stri, Samyuj, Eta, Yathavidhi, Tadrigguna, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Samudra, Nimnaga,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.22). 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: “yādṛgguṇena bhartrā strī saṃyujyeta yathāvidhi
  • yādṛgguṇena -
  • yādṛgguṇa (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    yādṛgguṇa (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • bhartrā -
  • bhartṛ (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • strī -
  • strī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • saṃyujye -
  • saṃyuj (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    saṃyuj (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • eta -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • yathāvidhi -
  • yathāvidhi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • Line 2: “tādṛgguṇā bhavati samudreṇaiva nimnagā
  • tādṛgguṇā -
  • tādṛgguṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sā* -
  • so (noun, feminine)
    [accusative plural]
  • bhavati -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • samudreṇai -
  • samudra (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    samudra (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • nimnagā -
  • nimnagā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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