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 9.325

एषोऽखिलः कर्मविधिरुक्तो राज्ञः सनातनः ।
इमं कर्मविधिं विद्यात्क्रमशो वैश्यशूद्रयोः ॥ ३२५ ॥

eṣo'khilaḥ karmavidhirukto rājñaḥ sanātanaḥ |
imaṃ karmavidhiṃ vidyātkramaśo vaiśyaśūdrayoḥ || 325 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.325 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 (9.325). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Esha, Akhila, Karmavidhi, Ukta, Rajan, Sanatana, Idam, Vidya, Kramashah, Kramashas, Vaishya, Shudra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.325). 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: “eṣo'khilaḥ karmavidhirukto rājñaḥ sanātanaḥ
  • eṣo' -
  • eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • akhilaḥ -
  • akhila (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • karmavidhir -
  • karmavidhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ukto* -
  • ukta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vac -> ukta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √vac class 2 verb], [nominative single from √vac class 3 verb]
  • rājñaḥ -
  • rājan (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • sanātanaḥ -
  • sanātana (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “imaṃ karmavidhiṃ vidyātkramaśo vaiśyaśūdrayoḥ
  • imam -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • karmavidhim -
  • karmavidhi (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • vidyāt -
  • vidya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    vid (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • kramaśo* -
  • kramaśaḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kramaśas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • vaiśya -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    vaiśya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śūdrayoḥ -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    śūdrā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
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