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 10.78

वैश्यं प्रति तथैवैते निवर्तेरन्निति स्थितिः ।
न तौ प्रति हि तान्धर्मान्मनुराह प्रजापतिः ॥ ७८ ॥

vaiśyaṃ prati tathaivaite nivarteranniti sthitiḥ |
na tau prati hi tāndharmānmanurāha prajāpatiḥ || 78 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.78 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 (10.78). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaishya, Prati, Tatha, Nivarta, Irat, Iti, Sthiti, Dharmat, Dharma, Manu, Manus, Ahan, Prajapati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.78). 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: “vaiśyaṃ prati tathaivaite nivarteranniti sthitiḥ
  • vaiśyam -
  • vaiśya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vaiśya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vaiśyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • prati -
  • prati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    prati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pratī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • tathai -
  • tathā (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tatha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aivai -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • aite -
  • nivarte -
  • nivarta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    nivarta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    nivartā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • irann -
  • ir -> irat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √ir class 6 verb], [vocative single from √ir class 6 verb]
  • iti -
  • iti (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    iti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • sthitiḥ -
  • sthiti (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “na tau prati hi tāndharmānmanurāha prajāpatiḥ
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tau -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • prati -
  • prati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    prati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    pratī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    pratī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • tān -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • dharmān -
  • dharmāt (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
  • manur -
  • manus (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    manu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    manu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • āha -
  • āhan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ah (verb class 5)
    [perfect active third single]
  • prajāpatiḥ -
  • prajāpati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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