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 8.311

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निग्रहेण हि पापानां साधूनां सङ्ग्रहेण च ।
द्विजातय इवैज्याभिः पूयन्ते सततं नृपाः ॥ ३११ ॥

nigraheṇa hi pāpānāṃ sādhūnāṃ saṅgraheṇa ca |
dvijātaya ivaijyābhiḥ pūyante satataṃ nṛpāḥ || 311 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.311 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 (8.311). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nigraha, Papa, Sadhu, Sangraha, Dvijati, Iva, Ejya, Satatam, Satata, Nripa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.311). 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: “nigraheṇa hi pāpānāṃ sādhūnāṃ saṅgraheṇa ca ”
nigraheṇa -
nigraha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
pāpānām -
pāpa (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

pāpa (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

pāpā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
sādhūnām -
sādhu (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

sādhu (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
saṅgraheṇa -
saṅgraha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

saṅgraha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
Line 2: “dvijātaya ivaijyābhiḥ pūyante satataṃ nṛpāḥ ”
dvijātaya* -
dvijāti (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

dvijāti (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
ivai -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ejyābhiḥ -
ejyā (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]

√ej -> ejyā (participle, feminine)

[instrumental plural from √ej]
pūyante -
√pū (verb class 1)

[present passive third plural]

√pū (verb class 9)

[present passive third plural]

√pūy (verb class 1)

[present middle third plural]
satatam -
satatam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

satata (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

satata (noun, neuter)

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

satatā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
nṛpāḥ -
nṛpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023