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 9.108

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पितेव पालयेत्पूत्रान् ज्येष्ठो भ्रातॄन्यवीयसः ।
पुत्रवत्चापि वर्तेरन् ज्येष्ठे भ्रातरि धर्मतः ॥ १०८ ॥

piteva pālayetpūtrān jyeṣṭho bhrātṝnyavīyasaḥ |
putravatcāpi varteran jyeṣṭhe bhrātari dharmataḥ || 108 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.108 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 (9.108). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pitri, Iva, Put, Rat, Jyeshtha, Bhratri, Yaviyas, Yaviyasa, Putravat, Capin, Capi, Dharmatah, Dharmata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.108). 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: “piteva pālayetpūtrān jyeṣṭho bhrātṝnyavīyasaḥ ”
pite -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]

√pi (verb class 2)

[present middle third single], [imperative active second plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
pālayet -
√pāl (verb class 10)

[optative active third single]

√pā (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
pūt -
pūt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
rān -
ra (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√rā -> rāt (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √rā class 2 verb], [vocative single from √rā class 2 verb]
jyeṣṭho* -
jyeṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhrātṝn -
bhrātṛ (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
yavīyasaḥ -
yavīyas (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

yavīyas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

yavīyasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “putravatcāpi varteran jyeṣṭhe bhrātari dharmataḥ ”
putravat -
putravat (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

putravat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

putravat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
cāpi -
cāpin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpin (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

cāpī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

cāpī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

cāpi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

cāpi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
varteran -
√vṛt (verb class 1)

[optative middle third plural]
jyeṣṭhe -
jyeṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

jyeṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

jyeṣṭhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
bhrātari -
bhrātṛ (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
dharmataḥ -
dharmataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dharmata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023