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 11.114

आत्मनो यदि वाऽन्येषां गृहे क्षेत्रेऽथ वा खले ।
भक्षयन्तीं न कथयेत्पिबन्तं चैव वत्सकम् ॥ ११४ ॥

ātmano yadi vā'nyeṣāṃ gṛhe kṣetre'tha vā khale |
bhakṣayantīṃ na kathayetpibantaṃ caiva vatsakam || 114 ||

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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 (11.114). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Atman, Yadi, Yad, Ani, Anya, Idam, Grih, Griha, Kshetra, Atha, Khala, Khali, Bhakshayanti, Pibat, Vatsaka,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 11.114). 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: “ātmano yadi vā'nyeṣāṃ gṛhe kṣetre'tha khale
  • ātmano* -
  • ātman (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
  • yadi -
  • yadi (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    yadi (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yadi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • vā' -
  • anye -
  • ani (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    anī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    anya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    anyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
  • eṣām -
  • idam (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    idam (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • gṛhe -
  • gṛh (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    gṛh (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
    gṛhā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • kṣetre' -
  • kṣetra (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
  • atha -
  • atha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • -
  • (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • khale -
  • khala (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    khalā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    khali (noun, masculine)
    [vocative single]
    khal (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single]
  • Line 2: “bhakṣayantīṃ na kathayetpibantaṃ caiva vatsakam
  • bhakṣayantīm -
  • bhakṣ -> bhakṣayantī (participle, feminine)
    [accusative single from √bhakṣ]
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • kathayet -
  • kath (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
  • pibantam -
  • pibat (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    -> pibat (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ class 1 verb]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • vatsakam -
  • vatsaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vatsaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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