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 7.99

अलब्धं चैव लिप्सेत लब्धं रक्षेत्प्रयत्नतः ।
रक्षितं वर्धयेच्चैव वृद्धं पात्रेषु निक्षिपेत् ॥ ९९ ॥

alabdhaṃ caiva lipseta labdhaṃ rakṣetprayatnataḥ |
rakṣitaṃ vardhayeccaiva vṛddhaṃ pātreṣu nikṣipet || 99 ||

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

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Alabdha, Labdha, Prayatnatah, Prayatnatas, Rakshita, Vriddha, Patra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

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  • Line 1: “alabdhaṃ caiva lipseta labdhaṃ rakṣetprayatnataḥ
  • alabdham -
  • alabdha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    alabdha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    alabdhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • lipseta -
  • labh (verb class 0)
    [optative middle third single]
  • labdham -
  • labdha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    labdha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    labdhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    labh -> labdha (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √labh class 1 verb]
    labh -> labdha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √labh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √labh class 1 verb]
  • rakṣet -
  • rakṣ (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • prayatnataḥ -
  • prayatnataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    prayatnatas (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “rakṣitaṃ vardhayeccaiva vṛddhaṃ pātreṣu nikṣipet
  • rakṣitam -
  • rakṣita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rakṣita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    rakṣitā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    rakṣ -> rakṣita (participle, masculine)
    [adverb from √rakṣ]
    rakṣ -> rakṣita (participle, neuter)
    [adverb from √rakṣ]
    rakṣ -> rakṣitā (participle, feminine)
    [adverb from √rakṣ]
    rakṣ -> rakṣita (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rakṣ]
    rakṣ -> rakṣita (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rakṣ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √rakṣ], [accusative single from √rakṣ]
  • vardhayec -
  • vardh (verb class 10)
    [optative active third single]
    vṛdh (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • vṛddham -
  • vṛddha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    vṛddha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    vṛddhā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, masculine)
    [accusative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
    vṛdh -> vṛddha (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb], [accusative single from √vṛdh class 1 verb]
  • pātreṣu -
  • pātra (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    pātra (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • ni -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • kṣipet -
  • kṣip (verb class 6)
    [optative active third single]
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