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 8.216

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आर्तस्तु कुर्यात्स्वस्थः सन्यथाभाषितमादितः ।
स दीर्घस्यापि कालस्य तत्लभेतेव वेतनम् ॥ २१६ ॥

ārtastu kuryātsvasthaḥ sanyathābhāṣitamāditaḥ |
sa dīrghasyāpi kālasya tatlabheteva vetanam || 216 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.216 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 (8.216). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Arta, Svastha, Sani, Atha, Abhashita, Aditah, Adita, Dirgha, Api, Kala, Kalasya, Tat, Tad, Iva, Vetana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.216). 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: “ārtastu kuryātsvasthaḥ sanyathābhāṣitamāditaḥ ”
ārtas -
ārta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
kuryāt -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third single]
svasthaḥ -
svastha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
sanya -
sani (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

sani (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

sani (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

sanī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
athā -
athā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

atha (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
abhāṣitam -
abhāṣita (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

abhāṣita (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
āditaḥ -
āditaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

√ad -> ādita (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √ad]
Line 2: “sa dīrghasyāpi kālasya tatlabheteva vetanam ”
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
dīrghasyā -
dīrgha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

dīrgha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
kālasya -
kālasya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

kālasya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

kāla (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

kāla (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
tat -
tat (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tad (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
labhete -
√labh (verb class 1)

[present middle third dual], [optative active second plural], [optative middle third single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
vetanam -
vetana (noun, neuter)

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

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023