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 10.63

अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं शौचमिन्द्रियनिग्रहः ।
एतं सामासिकं धर्मं चातुर्वर्ण्येऽब्रवीन्मनुः ॥ ६३ ॥

ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ |
etaṃ sāmāsikaṃ dharmaṃ cāturvarṇye'bravīnmanuḥ || 63 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.63 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 (10.63). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ahimsa, Satyam, Satya, Asteya, Shauca, Indriyanigraha, Eta, Esha, Samasika, Dharma, Caturvarnya, Manu, Manus,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.63). 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: “ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ
  • ahiṃsā -
  • ahiṃsā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • satyam -
  • satyam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    satya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    satya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    satyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • asteyam -
  • asteya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • śaucam -
  • śauca (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śauca (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • indriyanigrahaḥ -
  • indriyanigraha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “etaṃ sāmāsikaṃ dharmaṃ cāturvarṇye'bravīnmanuḥ
  • etam -
  • eta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    eta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    etā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    eṣa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • sāmāsikam -
  • sāmāsika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    sāmāsika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • cāturvarṇye' -
  • cāturvarṇya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • abravīn -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • manuḥ -
  • manus (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    manu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    manu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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