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 12.90

प्रवृत्तं कर्म संसेव्यं देवानामेति साम्यताम् ।
निवृत्तं सेवमानस्तु भूतान्यत्येति पञ्च वै ॥ ९० ॥

pravṛttaṃ karma saṃsevyaṃ devānāmeti sāmyatām |
nivṛttaṃ sevamānastu bhūtānyatyeti pañca vai || 90 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 12.90 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 (12.90). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Pravritta, Karman, Samsevya, Deva, Samyata, Nivritta, Sevamana, Bhuta, Bhutani, Ati, Atya, Panca, Pancan,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 12.90). 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: “pravṛttaṃ karma saṃsevyaṃ devānāmeti sāmyatām
  • pravṛttam -
  • pravṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pravṛtta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pravṛttā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • karma -
  • karman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • saṃsevyam -
  • saṃsevya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    saṃsevya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    saṃsevyā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • devānām -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    deva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • eti -
  • eti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • sāmyatām -
  • sāmyatā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “nivṛttaṃ sevamānastu bhūtānyatyeti pañca vai
  • nivṛttam -
  • nivṛtta (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nivṛtta (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nivṛttā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sevamānas -
  • sev -> sevamāna (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sev class 1 verb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bhūtānya -
  • bhūtāni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhūtāni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    bhūtāni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    bhūta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • atye -
  • ati (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    ati (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    atya (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    atya (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    atyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    at (verb class 1)
    [present passive first single]
    ati (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • eti -
  • eti (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [present active third single]
  • pañca -
  • pañca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pañca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    pañcan (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    pañcan (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    pañc (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • vai -
  • (verb class 1)
    [present middle first single], [imperative middle first single]
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