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 9.85

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यदि स्वाश्चापराश्चैव विन्देरन्योषितो द्विजाः ।
तासां वर्णक्रमेण स्याज्ज्येष्ठ्यं पूजा च वेश्म च ॥ ८५ ॥

yadi svāścāparāścaiva vinderanyoṣito dvijāḥ |
tāsāṃ varṇakrameṇa syājjyeṣṭhyaṃ pūjā ca veśma ca || 85 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.85 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 (9.85). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yadi, Yad, Sva, Capa, Rai, Yoshit, Dvija, Varnakrama, Puja, Veshman,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.85). 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: “yadi svāścāparāścaiva vinderanyoṣito dvijāḥ ”
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
svāś -
sva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

svā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

cāpa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rāś -
ra (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

rai (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

rā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
vinderan -
√vid (verb class 6)

[optative middle third plural]
yoṣito* -
yoṣit (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
dvijāḥ -
dvija (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dvijā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “tāsāṃ varṇakrameṇa syājjyeṣṭhyaṃ pūjā ca veśma ca ”
tāsām -
sā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
varṇakrameṇa -
varṇakrama (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
Cannot analyse syājjyeṣṭhyam*pū
pūjā -
pūjā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
veśma -
veśman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023