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 9.334

विप्राणां वेदविदुषां गृहस्थानां यशस्विनाम् ।
शुश्रूषैव तु शूद्रस्य धर्मो नैश्रेयसः परः ॥ ३३४ ॥

viprāṇāṃ vedaviduṣāṃ gṛhasthānāṃ yaśasvinām |
śuśrūṣaiva tu śūdrasya dharmo naiśreyasaḥ paraḥ || 334 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.334 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 (9.334). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vipra, Vedavidvas, Grihastha, Yashasvin, Shushrusha, Shushruvas, Shudra, Dharma, Naishreyasa, Parah, Para,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.334). 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: “viprāṇāṃ vedaviduṣāṃ gṛhasthānāṃ yaśasvinām
  • viprāṇām -
  • vipra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vipra (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    viprā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • vedaviduṣām -
  • vedavidvas (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    vedavidvas (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • gṛhasthānām -
  • gṛhastha (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    gṛhastha (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    gṛhasthā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • yaśasvinām -
  • yaśasvin (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    yaśasvin (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • Line 2: “śuśrūṣaiva tu śūdrasya dharmo naiśreyasaḥ paraḥ
  • śuśrūṣai -
  • śuśrūṣa (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śuśrūṣa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    śuśrūṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    śuśruvas (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    śuśruvas (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
    śru -> śuśruvas (participle, masculine)
    [instrumental single from √śru class 5 verb]
    śru -> śuśruvas (participle, neuter)
    [instrumental single from √śru class 5 verb]
    śru (verb class 0)
    [imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • śūdrasya -
  • śūdra (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
  • dharmo* -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • naiśreyasaḥ -
  • naiśreyasa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • paraḥ -
  • paraḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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