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 11.40

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इन्द्रियाणि यशः स्वर्गमायुः कीर्तिं प्रजाः पशून् ।
हन्त्यल्पदक्षिणो यज्ञस्तस्मान्नाल्पधनो यजेत् ॥ ४० ॥

indriyāṇi yaśaḥ svargamāyuḥ kīrtiṃ prajāḥ paśūn |
hantyalpadakṣiṇo yajñastasmānnālpadhano yajet || 40 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.40 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 (11.40). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Indriya, Indriyani, Yasha, Yashas, Svarga, Ayu, Ayus, Kirti, Praja, Prajas, Pashu, Hanti, Alpadakshina, Yajna, Tasmat, Tad, Nri, Alpadhana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.40). 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: “indriyāṇi yaśaḥ svargamāyuḥ kīrtiṃ prajāḥ paśūn ”
indriyāṇi -
indriyāṇi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

indriyāṇi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

indriyāṇi (noun, neuter)

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

indriya (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
yaśaḥ -
yaśas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yaśas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

yaśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
svargam -
svarga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

svarga (noun, neuter)

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

svargā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
āyuḥ -
āyus (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

āyus (noun, neuter)

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

āyu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

āyu (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kīrtim -
kīrti (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]

kīrti (noun, masculine)

[accusative single]
prajāḥ -
praja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prajā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

prajas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
paśūn -
paśu (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
Line 2: “hantyalpadakṣiṇo yajñastasmānnālpadhano yajet ”
hantya -
hanti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

√han (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
alpadakṣiṇo* -
alpadakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yajñas -
yajña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tasmān -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
nā -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

nā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

nṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
alpadhano* -
alpadhana (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
yajet -
√yaj (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023