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 11.42

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ये शूद्रादधिगम्यार्थमग्निहोत्रमुपासते ।
ऋत्विजस्ते हि शूद्राणां ब्रह्मवादिषु गर्हिताः ॥ ४२ ॥

ye śūdrādadhigamyārthamagnihotramupāsate |
ṛtvijaste hi śūdrāṇāṃ brahmavādiṣu garhitāḥ || 42 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.42 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 (11.42). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Yat, Shudra, Adhigamya, Artha, Agnihotra, Upa, Asat, Ritvij, Tad, Yushmad, Brahmavadin, Brahmavadi, Garhita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.42). 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: “ye śūdrādadhigamyārthamagnihotramupāsate ”
ye -
ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
śūdrād -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
adhigamyā -
adhigamya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

adhigamya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

adhigamyā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
artham -
artha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
agnihotram -
agnihotra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

agnihotra (noun, neuter)

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

agnihotrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
upā -
upā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

upa (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

upa (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

upa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
asate -
asat (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

asat (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
Line 2: “ṛtvijaste hi śūdrāṇāṃ brahmavādiṣu garhitāḥ ”
ṛtvijas -
ṛtvij (noun, masculine)

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

ṛtvij (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
śūdrāṇām -
śūdra (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

śūdrā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
brahmavādiṣu -
brahmavādin (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

brahmavādin (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]

brahmavādī (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
garhitāḥ -
garhita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

garhitā (noun, feminine)

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

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023