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 12.11

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त्रिदण्डमेतन्निक्षिप्य सर्वभूतेषु मानवः ।
कामक्रोधौ तु संयम्य ततः सिद्धिं नियच्छति ॥ ११ ॥

tridaṇḍametannikṣipya sarvabhūteṣu mānavaḥ |
kāmakrodhau tu saṃyamya tataḥ siddhiṃ niyacchati || 11 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.11 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 (12.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tridanda, Etad, Nikshipya, Sarvabhuta, Manava, Kamakrodha, Samyamya, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Siddhi, Yacchat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.11). 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: “tridaṇḍametannikṣipya sarvabhūteṣu mānavaḥ ”
tridaṇḍam -
tridaṇḍa (noun, neuter)

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

tridaṇḍā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
etan -
etad (noun, masculine)

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

etad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
nikṣipya -
nikṣipya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

nikṣipya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
sarvabhūteṣu -
sarvabhūta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

sarvabhūta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
mānavaḥ -
mānava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “kāmakrodhau tu saṃyamya tataḥ siddhiṃ niyacchati ”
kāmakrodhau -
kāmakrodha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
saṃyamya -
saṃyamya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṃyamya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tataḥ -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
siddhim -
siddhi (noun, feminine)

[accusative single]
ni -
ni (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

ni (noun, neuter)

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

ni (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

nī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

nī (noun, neuter)

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

nī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

ni (Preverb)

[Preverb]
yacchati -
√yam -> yacchat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √yam class 1 verb]

√yam -> yacchat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √yam class 1 verb]

√yam (verb class 1)

[present active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023