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 10.97

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वरं स्वधर्मो विगुणो न पारक्यः स्वनुष्ठितः ।
परधर्मेण जीवन् हि सद्यः पतति जातितः ॥ ९७ ॥

varaṃ svadharmo viguṇo na pārakyaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ |
paradharmeṇa jīvan hi sadyaḥ patati jātitaḥ || 97 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.97 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 (10.97). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Varam, Vara, Svadharma, Viguna, Paraki, Parakya, Svanushthita, Paradharma, Jivat, Jivan, Sadyah, Sadya, Sadyas, Patat, Jatitah,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.97). 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: “varaṃ svadharmo viguṇo na pārakyaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ ”
varam -
varam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

vara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

vara (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

varā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
svadharmo* -
svadharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
viguṇo* -
viguṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
pārakyaḥ -
pārakī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

pārakya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svanuṣṭhitaḥ -
svanuṣṭhita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “paradharmeṇa jīvan hi sadyaḥ patati jātitaḥ ”
paradharmeṇa -
paradharma (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
jīvan -
jīvat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

√jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [vocative single from √jīv class 1 verb]

jīvan (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sadyaḥ -
sadyaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sadyas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

sadya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
patati -
patat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

patat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

√pat -> patat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √pat class 1 verb]

√pat -> patat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √pat class 1 verb]

√pat (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
jātitaḥ -
jātitaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023