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 11.9

भृत्यानामुपरोधेन यत्करोत्यौर्ध्वदेहिकम् ।
तद्भवत्यसुखौदर्कं जीवतश्च मृतस्य च ॥ ९ ॥

bhṛtyānāmuparodhena yatkarotyaurdhvadehikam |
tadbhavatyasukhaudarkaṃ jīvataśca mṛtasya ca || 9 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.9 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 (11.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhritya, Uparodha, Yatkara, Uti, Aurdhvadehika, Tad, Tat, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Asukha, Arka, Jivat, Mrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.9). 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: “bhṛtyānāmuparodhena yatkarotyaurdhvadehikam
  • bhṛtyānām -
  • bhṛtya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    bhṛtya (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    bhṛtyā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • uparodhena -
  • uparodha (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • yatkaro -
  • yatkara (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatkara (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yatkarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • ūtyau -
  • ūti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [instrumental single]
    ūti (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    u -> ūtya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √u]
    u -> ūtya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √u]
    u -> ūtya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √u]
  • aurdhvadehikam -
  • aurdhvadehika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aurdhvadehika (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aurdhvadehikā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “tadbhavatyasukhaudarkaṃ jīvataśca mṛtasya ca
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tat (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bhavatya -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • asukhau -
  • asukha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    asukha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    asukhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aud -
  • u (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active third single]
  • arkam -
  • arka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    arka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • jīvataś -
  • jīvat (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    jīvat (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √jīv class 1 verb], [ablative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [genitive single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv -> jīvat (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √jīv class 1 verb], [genitive single from √jīv class 1 verb]
    jīv (verb class 1)
    [present active third dual]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • mṛtasya -
  • mṛta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    mṛta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    mṛ -> mṛta (participle, masculine)
    [genitive single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [genitive single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
    mṛ -> mṛta (participle, neuter)
    [genitive single from √mṛ class 1 verb], [genitive single from √mṛ class 6 verb]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
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