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 11.79

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ब्राह्मणार्थे गवार्थे वा सद्यः प्राणान्परित्यजेत् ।
मुच्यते ब्रह्महत्याया गोप्ता गोर्ब्राह्मणस्य च ॥ ७९ ॥

brāhmaṇārthe gavārthe vā sadyaḥ prāṇānparityajet |
mucyate brahmahatyāyā goptā gorbrāhmaṇasya ca || 79 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 11.79 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 (11.79). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Brahmana, Artha, Gavarthe, Sadyah, Sadya, Sadyas, Prana, Pari, Brahmahatya, Gopta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.79). 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: “brāhmaṇārthe gavārthe vā sadyaḥ prāṇānparityajet ”
brāhmaṇā -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)

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

[locative single]

artha (noun, neuter)

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

√arth (verb class 1)

[present middle first single]
gavārthe -
gavārthe (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
sadyaḥ -
sadyaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sadyas (noun, neuter)

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

sadya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
prāṇān -
prāṇa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
pari -
pari (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

pari (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

pari (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pari (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

pari (noun, neuter)

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

parī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

parī (noun, feminine)

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

parī (noun, neuter)

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

pari (Preverb)

[Preverb]
tyajet -
√tyaj (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “mucyate brahmahatyāyā goptā gorbrāhmaṇasya ca ”
mucyate -
√muc (verb class 6)

[present passive third single]

√muc (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]

√muñc (verb class 1)

[present passive third single]
brahmahatyāyā* -
brahmahatyā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
goptā* -
goptā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
gor -
gu (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]

go (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
brāhmaṇasya -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023