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 10.116

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विद्या शिल्पं भृतिः सेवा गोरक्ष्यं विपणिः कृषिः ।
धृतिर्भैक्षं कुसीदं च दश जीवनहेतवः ॥ ११६ ॥

vidyā śilpaṃ bhṛtiḥ sevā gorakṣyaṃ vipaṇiḥ kṛṣiḥ |
dhṛtirbhaikṣaṃ kusīdaṃ ca daśa jīvanahetavaḥ || 116 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 10.116 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 (10.116). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vidya, Shilpa, Bhriti, Seva, Gorakshya, Vipani, Krishi, Dhriti, Bhaiksha, Kusida, Dasha, Dashan, Jivanahetu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 10.116). 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: “vidyā śilpaṃ bhṛtiḥ sevā gorakṣyaṃ vipaṇiḥ kṛṣiḥ ”
vidyā -
vidyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
śilpam -
śilpa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

śilpa (noun, neuter)

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

śilpā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
bhṛtiḥ -
bhṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
sevā* -
sevā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
gorakṣyam -
gorakṣya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
vipaṇiḥ -
vipaṇi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kṛṣiḥ -
kṛṣi (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “dhṛtirbhaikṣaṃ kusīdaṃ ca daśa jīvanahetavaḥ ”
dhṛtir -
dhṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

dhṛti (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhaikṣam -
bhaikṣa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bhaikṣa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
kusīdam -
kusīda (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

kusīda (noun, neuter)

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

kusīdā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
daśa -
daśa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

daśa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

daśan (noun, masculine)

[compound]

daśan (noun, neuter)

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

√daṃś (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
jīvanahetavaḥ -
jīvanahetu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023