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 10.17

वैश्यान्मागधवैदेहौ क्षत्रियात्सूत एव तु ।
प्रतीपमेते जायन्ते परेऽप्यपसदास्त्रयः ॥ १७ ॥

vaiśyānmāgadhavaidehau kṣatriyātsūta eva tu |
pratīpamete jāyante pare'pyapasadāstrayaḥ || 17 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.17 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 (10.17). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaishya, Magadha, Vaideha, Vaidehi, Kshatriya, Suta, Eva, Pratipam, Pratipa, Eta, Etad, Eti, Esha, Jayanta, Pare, Para, Pari, Api, Apya, Apasada, Traya, Tri,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.17). 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: “vaiśyānmāgadhavaidehau kṣatriyātsūta eva tu
  • vaiśyān -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
    vaiśya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • māgadha -
  • māgadha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    māgadha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • vaidehau -
  • vaideha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    vaidehi (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • kṣatriyāt -
  • kṣatriya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    kṣatriya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • sūta* -
  • sūta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    su -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √su class 1 verb], [nominative single from √su class 2 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ class 2 verb]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • Line 2: “pratīpamete jāyante pare'pyapasadāstrayaḥ
  • pratīpam -
  • pratīpam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    pratīpa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pratīpa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pratīpā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • ete -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    eta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    etā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    eti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    eṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
  • jāyante -
  • jāyanta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    jai (verb class 1)
    [present middle third plural]
    jan (verb class 4)
    [present middle third plural]
  • pare' -
  • pare (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [locative single]
    para (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    parā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    pari (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    pari (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • apya -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • apasadās -
  • apasada (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • trayaḥ -
  • traya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tri (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
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