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 8.175

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कामक्रोधौ तु संयम्य योऽर्थान्धर्मेण पश्यति ।
प्रजास्तमनुवर्तन्ते समुद्रमिव सिन्धवः ॥ १७५ ॥

kāmakrodhau tu saṃyamya yo'rthāndharmeṇa paśyati |
prajāstamanuvartante samudramiva sindhavaḥ || 175 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.175 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 (8.175). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kamakrodha, Samyamya, Yah, Artha, Dharmena, Dharma, Pashyat, Praja, Prajas, Tama, Ritam, Tad, Yushmad, Samudra, Iva, Sindhu, Sindhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.175). 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: “kāmakrodhau tu saṃyamya yo'rthāndharmeṇa paśyati ”
kāmakrodhau -
kāmakrodha (noun, masculine)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
saṃyamya -
saṃyamya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

saṃyamya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
yo' -
yaḥ (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yu (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]

yu (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[nominative single]
arthān -
artha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
dharmeṇa -
dharmeṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dharma (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
paśyati -
paśyat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

paśyat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
Line 2: “prajāstamanuvartante samudramiva sindhavaḥ ”
prajās -
praja (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

prajā (noun, feminine)

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

prajas (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tama -
tama (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

tama (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
nuvar -
√nu (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]

√nū (verb class 6)

[imperative active second single]
ṛtan -
ṛtam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
samudram -
samudra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

samudra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]

samudrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
sindhavaḥ -
sindhu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

sindhava (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023