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 11.4

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सर्वरत्नानि राजा तु यथार्हं प्रतिपादयेत् ।
ब्राह्मणान्वेदविदुषो यज्ञार्थं चैव दक्षिणाम् ॥ ४ ॥

sarvaratnāni rājā tu yathārhaṃ pratipādayet |
brāhmaṇānvedaviduṣo yajñārthaṃ caiva dakṣiṇām || 4 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.4 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 (11.4). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sarvaratna, Ani, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Yatharha, Pratipa, Brahmana, Vedavidvas, Yajna, Artha, Dakshina,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.4). 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: “sarvaratnāni rājā tu yathārhaṃ pratipādayet ”
sarvaratnā -
sarvaratna (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarvaratnā (noun, feminine)

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

[compound], [adverb]

anī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]
rājā -
rājā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

rājan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

rāj (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rāj (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
yathārham -
yathārha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

yathārha (noun, neuter)

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

yathārhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
pratipā -
pratipa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
ādayet -
√ad (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “brāhmaṇānvedaviduṣo yajñārthaṃ caiva dakṣiṇām ”
brāhmaṇān -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
vedaviduṣo* -
vedavidvas (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]

vedavidvas (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
yajñā -
yajña (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
dakṣiṇām -
dakṣiṇā (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023