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 10.34

निषादो मार्गवं सूते दासं नौकर्मजीविनम् ।
कैवर्तमिति यं प्राहुरार्यावर्तनिवासिनः ॥ ३४ ॥

niṣādo mārgavaṃ sūte dāsaṃ naukarmajīvinam |
kaivartamiti yaṃ prāhurāryāvartanivāsinaḥ || 34 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.34 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 (10.34). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nishada, Margava, Suta, Suti, Dasa, Naukarman, Jivin, Kaivarta, Iti, Yah, Pra, Ahura, Aryavarta, Nivasin, Nivasi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.34). 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: “niṣādo mārgavaṃ sūte dāsaṃ naukarmajīvinam
  • niṣādo* -
  • niṣāda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • mārgavam -
  • mārgava (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • sūte -
  • sūta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    sūta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    sūtā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sūti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
    sūti (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    su -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √su class 1 verb], [locative single from √su class 2 verb]
    su -> sūta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √su class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √su class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √su class 1 verb], [locative single from √su class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √su class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √su class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √su class 2 verb], [locative single from √su class 2 verb]
    su -> sūtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √su class 1 verb], [vocative single from √su class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √su class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √su class 1 verb], [nominative dual from √su class 2 verb], [vocative single from √su class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √su class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √su class 2 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 6 verb], [locative single from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sūtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √ class 6 verb], [vocative single from √ class 6 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 6 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 6 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> sūta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative dual from √ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 2 verb], [locative single from √ class 2 verb]
    -> sūtā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative dual from √ class 2 verb], [vocative single from √ class 2 verb], [vocative dual from √ class 2 verb], [accusative dual from √ class 2 verb]
    (verb class 2)
    [present middle third single]
  • dāsam -
  • dāsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dāsa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dāsā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • naukarma -
  • naukarman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • jīvinam -
  • jīvin (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “kaivartamiti yaṃ prāhurāryāvartanivāsinaḥ
  • kaivartam -
  • kaivarta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • yam -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • prā -
  • pra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    prā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ahurā -
  • ahura (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • āryāvarta -
  • āryāvarta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nivāsinaḥ -
  • nivāsin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    nivāsin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    nivāsī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
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