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 9.163

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एक एवौरसः पुत्रः पित्र्यस्य वसुनः प्रभुः ।
शेषाणामानृशंस्यार्थं प्रदद्यात्तु प्रजीवनम् ॥ १६३ ॥

eka evaurasaḥ putraḥ pitryasya vasunaḥ prabhuḥ |
śeṣāṇāmānṛśaṃsyārthaṃ pradadyāttu prajīvanam || 163 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.163 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 (9.163). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eka, Eva, Aurasa, Putra, Pitrya, Vasu, Vasuna, Prabhu, Shesha, Sheshana, Anrishamsya, Artha, Prada, Prajivana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.163). 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: “eka evaurasaḥ putraḥ pitryasya vasunaḥ prabhuḥ ”
eka* -
eka (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
evau -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

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

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

evā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aurasaḥ -
aurasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
putraḥ -
putra (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pitryasya -
pitrya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

pitrya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vasunaḥ -
vasu (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

vasuna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prabhuḥ -
prabhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

prabhu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śeṣāṇāmānṛśaṃsyārthaṃ pradadyāttu prajīvanam ”
śeṣāṇām -
śeṣa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

śeṣa (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

śeṣā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

√śaṣ -> śeṣāṇā (participle, feminine)

[accusative single from √śaṣ class 1 verb]
ānṛśaṃsyā -
ānṛśaṃsya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ānṛśaṃsya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

ānṛśaṃsyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
prada -
prada (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

prada (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
dyā -
√dā (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
attu -
√ad (verb class 2)

[imperative active third single]
prajīvanam -
prajīvana (noun, neuter)

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

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023