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 9.200

पत्यौ जीवति यः स्त्रीभिरलङ्कारो धृतो भवेत् ।
न तं भजेरन्दायादा भजमानाः पतन्ति ते ॥ २०० ॥

patyau jīvati yaḥ strībhiralaṅkāro dhṛto bhavet |
na taṃ bhajerandāyādā bhajamānāḥ patanti te || 200 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.200 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 (9.200). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pati, Jivat, Yah, Stri, Alankara, Dhrit, Dhrita, Dayada, Bhajamana, Patanti, Patat, Tad, Yushmad,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.200). 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: “patyau jīvati yaḥ strībhiralaṅkāro dhṛto bhavet
  • patyau -
  • pati (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    patī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • jīvati -
  • jīvat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    jīvat (noun, neuter)
    [locative single]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • strībhir -
  • strī (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental plural]
  • alaṅkāro* -
  • alaṅkāra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • dhṛto* -
  • dhṛt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dhṛt (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    dhṛta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • Line 2: “na taṃ bhajerandāyādā bhajamānāḥ patanti te
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tam -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    tan (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • bhajeran -
  • bhaj (verb class 1)
    [optative middle third plural]
  • dāyādā* -
  • dāyāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    dāyādā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • bhajamānāḥ -
  • bhajamāna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    bhajamānā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • patanti -
  • patantī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    patat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    pat -> patat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √pat class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √pat class 1 verb]
    pat -> patantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √pat class 1 verb]
    pat (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
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