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 12.49

यज्वान ऋषयो देवा वेदा ज्योतींषि वत्सराः ।
पितरश्चैव साध्याश्च द्वितीया सात्त्विकी गतिः ॥ ४९ ॥

yajvāna ṛṣayo devā vedā jyotīṃṣi vatsarāḥ |
pitaraścaiva sādhyāśca dvitīyā sāttvikī gatiḥ || 49 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.49 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 (12.49). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yajvan, Rishi, Deva, Veda, Jyotis, Vatsara, Pitri, Sadhya, Dvitiya, Sattviki, Gati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.49). 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: “yajvāna ṛṣayo devā vedā jyotīṃṣi vatsarāḥ
  • yajvāna* -
  • yajvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • ṛṣayo* -
  • ṛṣi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • devā* -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vedā* -
  • veda (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vedā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • jyotīṃṣi -
  • jyotis (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • vatsarāḥ -
  • vatsara (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    vatsarā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “pitaraścaiva sādhyāśca dvitīyā sāttvikī gatiḥ
  • pitaraś -
  • pitṛ (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • 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]
  • sādhyāś -
  • sādhya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    sādhyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    sādh -> sādhya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √sādh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sādh class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √sādh class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √sādh class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √sādh class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √sādh class 5 verb]
    sādh -> sādhyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √sādh class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sādh class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sādh class 1 verb], [nominative plural from √sādh class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √sādh class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √sādh class 4 verb], [nominative plural from √sādh class 5 verb], [vocative plural from √sādh class 5 verb], [accusative plural from √sādh class 5 verb]
    sidh -> sādhya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative plural from √sidh], [vocative plural from √sidh]
    sidh -> sādhyā (participle, feminine)
    [nominative plural from √sidh], [vocative plural from √sidh], [accusative plural from √sidh]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dvitīyā -
  • dvitīyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • sāttvikī -
  • sāttvikī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • gatiḥ -
  • gati (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    gati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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