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 10.66

अनार्यायां समुत्पन्नो ब्राह्मणात्तु यदृच्छया ।
ब्राह्मण्यामप्यनार्यात्तु श्रेयस्त्वं क्वेति चेद्भवेत् ॥ ६६ ॥

anāryāyāṃ samutpanno brāhmaṇāttu yadṛcchayā |
brāhmaṇyāmapyanāryāttu śreyastvaṃ kveti cedbhavet || 66 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.66 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 (10.66). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Anarya, Samutpanna, Brahmana, Yadriccha, Brahmani, Brahmanya, Api, Apya, Shreyastva, Ced,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.66). 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: “anāryāyāṃ samutpanno brāhmaṇāttu yadṛcchayā
  • anāryāyām -
  • anāryā (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
  • samutpanno* -
  • samutpanna (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • brāhmaṇāt -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • yadṛcchayā -
  • yadṛcchā (noun, feminine)
    [instrumental single]
  • Line 2: “brāhmaṇyāmapyanāryāttu śreyastvaṃ kveti cedbhavet
  • brāhmaṇyām -
  • brāhmaṇī (noun, feminine)
    [locative single]
    brāhmaṇyā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • apya -
  • api (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    apya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ap (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • anāryāt -
  • anārya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    anārya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • śreyastvam -
  • śreyastva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • kve -
  • ku (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    ku (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
  • eti -
  • eti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • ced -
  • ced (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ced (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
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