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 12.74

तेऽभ्यासात्कर्मणां तेषां पापानामल्पबुद्धयः ।
सम्प्राप्नुवन्ति दुःखानि तासु तास्विह योनिषु ॥ ७४ ॥

te'bhyāsātkarmaṇāṃ teṣāṃ pāpānāmalpabuddhayaḥ |
samprāpnuvanti duḥkhāni tāsu tāsviha yoniṣu || 74 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.74 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 (12.74). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tad, Yushmad, Abhyasa, Karman, Papa, Alpabuddhi, Duhkha, Iha, Yonin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.74). 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: “te'bhyāsātkarmaṇāṃ teṣāṃ pāpānāmalpabuddhayaḥ
  • te' -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [accusative dual]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [dative single], [genitive single]
  • abhyāsāt -
  • abhyāsa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • karmaṇām -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • teṣām -
  • tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • pāpānām -
  • pāpa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    pāpa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    pāpā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • alpabuddhayaḥ -
  • alpabuddhi (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    alpabuddhi (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • Line 2: “samprāpnuvanti duḥkhāni tāsu tāsviha yoniṣu
  • samprā -
  • sampra (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • āpnuvanti -
  • āp (verb class 5)
    [present active third plural]
  • duḥkhāni -
  • duḥkha (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • tāsu -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • tāsvi -
  • (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [locative plural]
  • iha -
  • iha (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iha (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • yoniṣu -
  • yonin (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    yonin (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
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