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 7.9

एकमेव दहत्यग्निर्नरं दुरुपसर्पिणम् ।
कुलं दहति राजाऽग्निः सपशुद्रव्यसञ्चयम् ॥ ९ ॥

ekameva dahatyagnirnaraṃ durupasarpiṇam |
kulaṃ dahati rājā'gniḥ sapaśudravyasañcayam || 9 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 7.9 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 (7.9). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Eka, Eva, Dahati, Agni, Nara, Durupasarpin, Kula, Sapashu, Dravyasancaya,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 7.9). 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: “ekameva dahatyagnirnaraṃ durupasarpiṇam
  • ekam -
  • eka (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
    eka (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • eva -
  • eva (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    eva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    eva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dahatya -
  • dahati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dah (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • agnir -
  • agni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • naram -
  • nara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    narā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • durupasarpiṇam -
  • durupasarpin (noun, masculine)
    [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “kulaṃ dahati rājā'gniḥ sapaśudravyasañcayam
  • kulam -
  • kula (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kula (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    kulā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • dahati -
  • dahati (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    dah (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • rājā' -
  • agniḥ -
  • agni (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sapaśu -
  • sapaśu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    sapaśu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sapaśu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • dravyasañcayam -
  • dravyasañcaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
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