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 9.177

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मातापितृविहीनो यस्त्यक्तो वा स्यादकारणात् ।
आत्मानमर्पयेद्यस्मै स्वयन्दत्तस्तु स स्मृतः ॥ १७७ ॥

mātāpitṛvihīno yastyakto vā syādakāraṇāt |
ātmānamarpayedyasmai svayandattastu sa smṛtaḥ || 177 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.177 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 (9.177). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Matapitrivihina, Yah, Tyaktri, Tyakta, Syat, Sya, Akaranat, Akarana, Atman, Yat, Svayandatta, Smrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.177). 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: “mātāpitṛvihīno yastyakto vā syādakāraṇāt ”
mātāpitṛvihīno* -
mātāpitṛvihīna (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yas -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tyakto* -
tyaktṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

tyakta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tyaj -> tyakta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tyaj class 1 verb]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
syād -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

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

[indeclinable]

akāraṇāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

akāraṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

akāraṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 2: “ātmānamarpayedyasmai svayandattastu sa smṛtaḥ ”
ātmānam -
ātman (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
arpayed -
√ṛ (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
yasmai -
ya (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[dative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[dative single]
svayandattas -
svayandatta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
smṛtaḥ -
smṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√smṛ -> smṛta (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023