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 7.79

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यजेत राजा क्रतुभिर्विविधैराप्तदक्षिणैः ।
धर्मार्थं चैव विप्रेभ्यो दद्याद्भोगान्धनानि च ॥ ७९ ॥

yajeta rājā kratubhirvividhairāptadakṣiṇaiḥ |
dharmārthaṃ caiva viprebhyo dadyādbhogāndhanāni ca || 79 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 7.79 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 (7.79). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Raja, Rajan, Raj, Kratu, Vividha, Aptadakshina, Dharmartha, Vipra, Bhoga, Dhana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 7.79). 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: “yajeta rājā kratubhirvividhairāptadakṣiṇaiḥ ”
yajeta -
√yaj (verb class 1)

[optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
rājā -
rājā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

rājan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

rāj (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

rāj (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
kratubhir -
kratu (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
vividhair -
vividha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

vividha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
āptadakṣiṇaiḥ -
āptadakṣiṇa (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

āptadakṣiṇa (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “dharmārthaṃ caiva viprebhyo dadyādbhogāndhanāni ca ”
dharmārtham -
dharmārtha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
viprebhyo* -
vipra (noun, masculine)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]

vipra (noun, neuter)

[dative plural], [ablative plural]
dadyād -
√dā (verb class 3)

[optative active third single]
bhogān -
bhoga (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
dhanāni -
dhana (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

√dhan (verb class 1)

[imperative active first single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023