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 11.48

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इह दुश्चरितैः के चित्के चित्पूर्वकृतैस्तथा ।
प्राप्नुवन्ति दुरात्मानो नरा रूपविपर्ययम् ॥ ४८ ॥

iha duścaritaiḥ ke citke citpūrvakṛtaistathā |
prāpnuvanti durātmāno narā rūpaviparyayam || 48 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.48 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 (11.48). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Iha, Dushcarita, Kah, Kim, Cit, Purvakrita, Tatha, Pra, Duratman, Nara, Rupaviparyaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.48). 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: “iha duścaritaiḥ ke citke citpūrvakṛtaistathā ”
iha -
iha (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
duścaritaiḥ -
duścarita (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

duścarita (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
cit -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
ke -
ka (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

ka (noun, neuter)

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

kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

kim (pronoun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

kā (pronoun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
cit -
cit (noun, feminine)

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

cit (noun, masculine)

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

cit (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
pūrvakṛtais -
pūrvakṛta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

pūrvakṛta (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “prāpnuvanti durātmāno narā rūpaviparyayam ”
prā -
pra (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

pra (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

prā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

pra (Preverb)

[Preverb]

prā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
āpnuvanti -
√āp (verb class 5)

[present active third plural]
durātmāno* -
durātman (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
narā* -
nara (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

narā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
rūpaviparyayam -
rūpaviparyaya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023