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 9.126

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जन्मज्येष्ठेन चाह्वानं सुब्रह्मण्यास्वपि स्मृतम् ।
यमयोश्चैव गर्भेषु जन्मतो ज्येष्ठता स्मृता ॥ १२६ ॥

janmajyeṣṭhena cāhvānaṃ subrahmaṇyāsvapi smṛtam |
yamayoścaiva garbheṣu janmato jyeṣṭhatā smṛtā || 126 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.126 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 (9.126). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Janmajyeshtha, Ahvana, Subrahmanya, Api, Smrita, Yama, Garbha, Janmatah, Jyeshthata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.126). 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: “janmajyeṣṭhena cāhvānaṃ subrahmaṇyāsvapi smṛtam ”
janmajyeṣṭhena -
janmajyeṣṭha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

janmajyeṣṭha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
cā -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
āhvānam -
āhvāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
subrahmaṇyāsva -
subrahmaṇyā (noun, feminine)

[locative plural]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
smṛtam -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

smṛta (noun, neuter)

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

smṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
Line 2: “yamayoścaiva garbheṣu janmato jyeṣṭhatā smṛtā ”
yamayoś -
yamā (noun, feminine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

yama (noun, masculine)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]

yama (noun, neuter)

[genitive dual], [locative dual]
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]
garbheṣu -
garbha (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
janmato* -
janmataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
jyeṣṭhatā -
jyeṣṭhatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
smṛtā -
smṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛtā (participle, feminine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023