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 11.31

न ब्राह्मणो वेदयेत किञ्चिद् राजनि धर्मवित् ।
स्ववीर्येणैव तांशिष्यान्मानवानपकारिणः ॥ ३१ ॥

na brāhmaṇo vedayeta kiñcid rājani dharmavit |
svavīryeṇaiva tāṃśiṣyānmānavānapakāriṇaḥ || 31 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.31 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 (11.31). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Kincid, Kincit, Rajan, Rajani, Dharmavid, Sva, Svan, Avirya, Shishya, Manavat, Manava, Apakarin, Apakari,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.31). 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: “na brāhmaṇo vedayeta kiñcid rājani dharmavit
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • brāhmaṇo* -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • vedayeta -
  • vid (verb class 0)
    [optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
    vid (verb class 0)
    [optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
  • kiñcid -
  • kiñcid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    kiñcit (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kiñcit (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    kiñcit (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • rājani -
  • rājanī (noun, feminine)
    [adverb], [vocative single]
    rājani (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • dharmavit -
  • dharmavid (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    dharmavid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “svavīryeṇaiva tāṃśiṣyānmānavānapakāriṇaḥ
  • sva -
  • (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    so (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    sva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    svan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    svan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    sva (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
  • avīryeṇai -
  • avīrya (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    avīrya (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • tāṃ -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • śiṣyān -
  • śiṣya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative plural], [ablative single]
    śiṣya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    śās -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [ablative single from √śās class 2 verb]
    śās -> śiṣya (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √śās class 2 verb]
    śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative plural from √śiṣ class 10 verb], [ablative single from √śiṣ class 10 verb]
    śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √śiṣ class 10 verb]
    śās (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single], [benedictive active third single]
  • mānavān -
  • mānavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    mānava (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    man -> mānavat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √man class 4 verb], [nominative single from √man class 8 verb]
  • apakāriṇaḥ -
  • apakārin (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
    apakārin (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    apakāri (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
    apakārī (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [genitive single]
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