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 9.335

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शुचिरुत्कृष्टशुश्रूषुर्मृदुवागनहङ्कृतः ।
ब्राह्मणाद्याश्रयो नित्यमुत्कृष्टां जातिमश्नुते ॥ ३३५ ॥

śucirutkṛṣṭaśuśrūṣurmṛduvāganahaṅkṛtaḥ |
brāhmaṇādyāśrayo nityamutkṛṣṭāṃ jātimaśnute || 335 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.335 is contained in the book Manusmrti (Sanskrit and English) by Ganganath Jha. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:
Read online Buy now! The Sanskrit text by Ganganath Jha (1999)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (9.335). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shuci, Utkrishta, Shushrushu, Mriduvac, Anahankrita, Brahmanadi, Ashraya, Ashri, Nityam, Nitya, Jati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.335). 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: “śucirutkṛṣṭaśuśrūṣurmṛduvāganahaṅkṛtaḥ ”
śucir -
śuci (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śuci (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
utkṛṣṭa -
utkṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

utkṛṣṭa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śuśrūṣur -
śuśrūṣu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

śuśrūṣu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
mṛduvāg -
mṛduvāc (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

mṛduvāc (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
anahaṅkṛtaḥ -
anahaṅkṛta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “brāhmaṇādyāśrayo nityamutkṛṣṭāṃ jātimaśnute ”
brāhmaṇādyā -
brāhmaṇādī (noun, masculine)

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

brāhmaṇādī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]

brāhmaṇādī (noun, neuter)

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

brāhmaṇādi (noun, masculine)

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

brāhmaṇādi (noun, feminine)

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

brāhmaṇādi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
āśrayo* -
āśraya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

āśri (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
utkṛṣṭām -
utkṛṣṭā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
jātim -
jāti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
aśnute -
√aś (verb class 5)

[present middle third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023