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 9.42

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अत्र गाथा वायुगीताः कीर्तयन्ति पुराविदः ।
यथा बीजं न वप्तव्यं पुंसा परपरिग्रहे ॥ ४२ ॥

atra gāthā vāyugītāḥ kīrtayanti purāvidaḥ |
yathā bījaṃ na vaptavyaṃ puṃsā paraparigrahe || 42 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.42 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 (9.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atra, Gatha, Vayugita, Kirtayat, Kirtayanti, Puravid, Yatha, Bija, Vaptavya, Pums, Paraparigraha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.42). 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: “atra gāthā vāyugītāḥ kīrtayanti purāvidaḥ ”
atra -
atra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

atra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

atra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gāthā* -
gātha (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gāthā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
vāyugītāḥ -
vāyugīta (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vāyugītā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
kīrtayanti -
kīrtayat (noun, neuter)

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

√kīrt -> kīrtayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √kīrt class 10 verb], [vocative plural from √kīrt class 10 verb], [accusative plural from √kīrt class 10 verb]

√kīrt -> kīrtayantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √kīrt class 10 verb]

√kīrt (verb class 10)

[present active third plural]
purāvidaḥ -
purāvid (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
Line 2: “yathā bījaṃ na vaptavyaṃ puṃsā paraparigrahe ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bījam -
bīja (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bīja (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

bījā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vaptavyam -
vaptavya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vaptavya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

vaptavyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√vap -> vaptavya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vap class 1 verb]

√vap -> vaptavya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vap class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vap class 1 verb]

√vap -> vaptavya (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √vap class 1 verb]

√vap -> vaptavya (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √vap class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vap class 1 verb]
puṃsā -
puṃs (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
paraparigrahe -
paraparigraha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023