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 10.74

ब्राह्मणा ब्रह्मयोनिस्था ये स्वकर्मण्यवस्थिताः ।
ते सम्यगुपजीवेयुः षट् कर्माणि यथाक्रमम् ॥ ७४ ॥

brāhmaṇā brahmayonisthā ye svakarmaṇyavasthitāḥ |
te samyagupajīveyuḥ ṣaṭ karmāṇi yathākramam || 74 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.74 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 (10.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Brahmayonistha, Yah, Yat, Svakarman, Avasthita, Tad, Yushmad, Samyak, Upajiva, Shat, Shash, Karman, Yatha, Akramam, Akrama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.74). 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: “brāhmaṇā brahmayonisthā ye svakarmaṇyavasthitāḥ
  • brāhmaṇā* -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • brahmayonisthā* -
  • brahmayonistha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    brahmayonisthā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ye -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • svakarmaṇya -
  • svakarman (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • avasthitāḥ -
  • avasthita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    avasthitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “te samyagupajīveyuḥ ṣaṭ karmāṇi yathākramam
  • te -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • samyag -
  • samyak (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • upajīve -
  • upajīva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    upajīva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    upajīvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • iyuḥ -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [optative active third plural], [perfect active third plural]
  • ṣaṭ -
  • ṣaṭ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    ṣaṣ (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ṣaṣ (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • karmāṇi -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • akramam -
  • akramam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    akrama (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    akrama (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    akramā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kram (verb class 1)
    [imperfect active first single], [aorist active first single]
    kram (verb class 4)
    [aorist active first single]
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