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 12.62

धान्यं हृत्वा भवत्याखुः कांस्यं हंसो जलं प्लवः ।
मधु दंशः पयः काको रसं श्वा नकुलो घृतम् ॥ ६२ ॥

dhānyaṃ hṛtvā bhavatyākhuḥ kāṃsyaṃ haṃso jalaṃ plavaḥ |
madhu daṃśaḥ payaḥ kāko rasaṃ śvā nakulo ghṛtam || 62 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.62 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 (12.62). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dhanya, Bhavati, Bhavat, Bhavant, Akhu, Kamsya, Hamsa, Jala, Plava, Madhu, Damsha, Payas, Paya, Kaka, Rasa, Shvan, Nakula, Ghrita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.62). 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: “dhānyaṃ hṛtvā bhavatyākhuḥ kāṃsyaṃ haṃso jalaṃ plavaḥ
  • dhānyam -
  • dhānya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhānya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    dhānyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • hṛtvā -
  • hṛ -> hṛtvā (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √hṛ]
  • bhavatyā -
  • bhavatī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [instrumental single]
    bhavat (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    bhavant (pronoun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [instrumental single]
    bhū (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • ākhuḥ -
  • ākhu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    ākhu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kāṃsyam -
  • kāṃsya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kāṃsya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kāṃsyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    kāṃs -> kāṃsya (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √kāṃs class 1 verb]
    kāṃs -> kāṃsya (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √kāṃs class 1 verb], [accusative single from √kāṃs class 1 verb]
  • haṃso* -
  • haṃsa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • jalam -
  • jala (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    jala (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    jalā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • plavaḥ -
  • plava (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “madhu daṃśaḥ payaḥ kāko rasaṃ śvā nakulo ghṛtam
  • madhu -
  • madhu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    madhu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • daṃśaḥ -
  • daṃśa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • payaḥ -
  • payas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    paya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • kāko* -
  • kāka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • rasam -
  • rasa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rasā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śvā -
  • śvan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • nakulo* -
  • nakula (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • ghṛtam -
  • ghṛta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    ghṛta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    ghṛtā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ghṛ -> ghṛta (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √ghṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ghṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √ghṛ class 5 verb]
    ghṛ -> ghṛta (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √ghṛ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √ghṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √ghṛ class 3 verb], [accusative single from √ghṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √ghṛ class 5 verb], [accusative single from √ghṛ class 5 verb]
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