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 12.14

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तावुभौ भूतसम्पृक्तौ महान् क्षेत्रज्ञ एव च ।
उच्चावचेषु भूतेषु स्थितं तं व्याप्य तिष्ठतः ॥ १४ ॥

tāvubhau bhūtasampṛktau mahān kṣetrajña eva ca |
uccāvaceṣu bhūteṣu sthitaṃ taṃ vyāpya tiṣṭhataḥ || 14 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.14 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 (12.14). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ubha, Bhutasamprikta, Maha, Mahat, Kshetrajna, Eva, Uccavaca, Bhuta, Sthita, Vyapya, Tishthat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.14). 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: “tāvubhau bhūtasampṛktau mahān kṣetrajña eva ca ”
tāvu -
ta (noun, masculine)

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

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]
ubhau -
ubha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
bhūtasampṛktau -
bhūtasampṛkta (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
mahān -
maha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

mahat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]
kṣetrajña* -
kṣetrajña (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
eva -
eva (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

eva (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “uccāvaceṣu bhūteṣu sthitaṃ taṃ vyāpya tiṣṭhataḥ ”
uccāvaceṣu -
uccāvaca (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

uccāvaca (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
bhūteṣu -
bhūta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

bhūta (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
sthitam -
sthita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sthita (noun, neuter)

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

sthitā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, masculine)

[accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> sthita (participle, neuter)

[nominative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
tam -
ta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

tan (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

sa (noun, masculine)

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

[compound], [vocative single]

vyāpya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tiṣṭhataḥ -
√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [ablative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [genitive single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √sthā class 1 verb], [genitive single from √sthā class 1 verb]

√sthā (verb class 1)

[present active third dual]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023