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 10.101

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वैश्यवृत्तिमनातिष्ठन्ब्राह्मणः स्वे पथि स्थितः ।
अवृत्तिकर्षितः सीदन्निमं धर्मं समाचरेत् ॥ १०१ ॥

vaiśyavṛttimanātiṣṭhanbrāhmaṇaḥ sve pathi sthitaḥ |
avṛttikarṣitaḥ sīdannimaṃ dharmaṃ samācaret || 101 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.101 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 (10.101). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vaishyavritti, Ana, Atishthat, Brahmana, Sva, Pathin, Pathi, Sthita, Avrittika, Tas, Sidat, Idam, Dharma, Sama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.101). 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: “vaiśyavṛttimanātiṣṭhanbrāhmaṇaḥ sve pathi sthitaḥ ”
vaiśyavṛttim -
vaiśyavṛtti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
anā -
anā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

ana (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
atiṣṭhan -
atiṣṭhat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[imperfect active third plural]
brāhmaṇaḥ -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sve -
sva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [locative single]

sva (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

svā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
pathi -
pathin (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [locative single]

pathī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pathī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

pathī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sthitaḥ -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
Line 2: “avṛttikarṣitaḥ sīdannimaṃ dharmaṃ samācaret ”
avṛttikar -
avṛttika (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

avṛttika (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

avṛttikā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ṛṣi -
ṛṣi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
taḥ -
tas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tas (noun, neuter)

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

ta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sīdann -
√sad -> sīdat (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √sad class 1 verb], [vocative single from √sad class 1 verb]
imam -
idam (pronoun, masculine)

[accusative single]
dharmam -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dharman (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

dharman (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

dharmā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
samā -
samā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

samā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
caret -
√car (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023