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 9.74

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विधाय वृत्तिं भार्यायाः प्रवसेत्कार्यवान्नरः ।
अवृत्तिकर्शिता हि स्त्री प्रदुष्येत्स्थितिमत्यपि ॥ ७४ ॥

vidhāya vṛttiṃ bhāryāyāḥ pravasetkāryavānnaraḥ |
avṛttikarśitā hi strī praduṣyetsthitimatyapi || 74 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.74 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 (9.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vidha, Vritti, Bharya, Pra, Karyavat, Ara, Avritti, Karshita, Stri, Sthitimat, Api,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.74). 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: “vidhāya vṛttiṃ bhāryāyāḥ pravasetkāryavānnaraḥ ”
vidhāya -
vidha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

vidha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
vṛttim -
vṛtti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
bhāryāyāḥ -
bhāryā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

√bhṛ -> bhāryā (participle, feminine)

[ablative single from √bhṛ], [genitive single from √bhṛ]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
vaset -
√vas (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
kāryavānn -
kāryavat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
araḥ -
ara (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “avṛttikarśitā hi strī praduṣyetsthitimatyapi ”
avṛtti -
avṛtti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

avṛtti (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

avṛtti (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
karśitā* -
karśita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

karśitā (noun, feminine)

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

√kṛś -> karśita (participle, masculine)

[nominative plural from √kṛś], [vocative plural from √kṛś]

√kṛś -> karśitā (participle, feminine)

[nominative plural from √kṛś], [vocative plural from √kṛś], [accusative plural from √kṛś]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
strī -
strī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]
pra -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]
duṣyet -
√duṣ (verb class 4)

[optative active third single]
sthitimatya -
sthitimat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sthitimat (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

api (Preverb)

[Preverb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023