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 11.35

विधाता शासिता वक्ता मैत्रो ब्राह्मण उच्यते ।
तस्मै नाकुशलं ब्रूयान्न शुष्कां गिरमीरयेत् ॥ ३५ ॥

vidhātā śāsitā vaktā maitro brāhmaṇa ucyate |
tasmai nākuśalaṃ brūyānna śuṣkāṃ giramīrayet || 35 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.35 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 (11.35). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Vidhatri, Vidhata, Shasita, Vakta, Maitra, Brahmana, Ucyat, Tad, Shala, Shushka, Gir, Gira,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.35). 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: “vidhātā śāsitā vaktā maitro brāhmaṇa ucyate
  • vidhātā -
  • vidhātṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    vidhātā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • śāsitā* -
  • śāsita (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    śāsitā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    śās -> śāsita (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √śās class 2 verb]
    śās -> śāsitā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [vocative plural from √śās class 2 verb], [accusative plural from √śās class 2 verb]
  • vaktā* -
  • vaj -> vakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √vaj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vaj class 1 verb]
    vaj -> vaktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √vaj class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vaj class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vaj class 1 verb]
    vak -> vakta (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √vak class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vak class 1 verb]
    vak -> vaktā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √vak class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √vak class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √vak class 1 verb]
  • maitro* -
  • maitra (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • brāhmaṇa* -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ucyate -
  • uc -> ucyat (participle, masculine)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    uc -> ucyat (participle, neuter)
    [dative single from √uc class 4 verb]
    vac (verb class 2)
    [present passive third single]
    vac (verb class 3)
    [present passive third single]
  • Line 2: “tasmai nākuśalaṃ brūyānna śuṣkāṃ giramīrayet
  • tasmai -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
  • nāku -
  • nāku (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • śalam -
  • śala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    śalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • brūyān -
  • brū (verb class 2)
    [optative active third single]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • śuṣkām -
  • śuṣkā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    śuṣ -> śuṣkā (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √śuṣ class 4 verb], [accusative single from √śuṣ class 6 verb]
  • giram -
  • gira (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    gira (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    girā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    gir (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
    gir (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • īrayet -
  • īr (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
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