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 9.155

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ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्रापुत्रो न रिक्थभाक् ।
यदेवास्य पिता दद्यात्तदेवास्य धनं भवेत् ॥ १५५ ॥

brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāputro na rikthabhāk |
yadevāsya pitā dadyāttadevāsya dhanaṃ bhavet || 155 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.155 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 (9.155). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Kshatriya, Visha, Vish, Shudraputra, Rikthabhaj, Yad, Vasya, Pitri, Tada, Dhana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.155). 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: “brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāputro na rikthabhāk ”
brāhmaṇa -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
kṣatriya -
kṣatriya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kṣatriya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
viśām -
viśā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

viś (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
śūdrāputro* -
śūdrāputra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rikthabhāk -
rikthabhāj (noun, masculine)

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

rikthabhāj (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “yadevāsya pitā dadyāttadevāsya dhanaṃ bhavet ”
yade -
yad (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
vāsya -
vāsya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāsya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √vas]

√vās -> vāsya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vās]

√vas -> vāsya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vas]

√vās -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vās class 10 verb]

√vās -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vās class 10 verb]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vas class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vas class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vas class 6 verb]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vas class 6 verb]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vas class 4 verb], [vocative single from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vas class 4 verb], [vocative single from √vas]
pitā -
pitṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [nominative single]
dadyāt -
√dā (verb class 3)

[optative active third single]
tade -
tadā (noun, feminine)

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

tada (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

tada (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
vāsya -
vāsya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

vāsya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[compound from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[compound from √vas]

√vās -> vāsya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vās]

√vas -> vāsya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √vas]

√vās -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vās class 10 verb]

√vās -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vās class 10 verb]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vas class 1 verb], [vocative single from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vas class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vas class 2 verb], [vocative single from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vas class 6 verb]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vas class 6 verb]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, masculine)

[vocative single from √vas class 4 verb], [vocative single from √vas]

√vas -> vāsya (participle, neuter)

[vocative single from √vas class 4 verb], [vocative single from √vas]
dhanam -
dhana (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhana (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023