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 9.222

प्रकाशमेतत्तास्कर्यं यद्देवनसमाह्वयौ ।
तयोर्नित्यं प्रतीघाते नृपतिर्यत्नवान्भवेत् ॥ २२२ ॥

prakāśametattāskaryaṃ yaddevanasamāhvayau |
tayornityaṃ pratīghāte nṛpatiryatnavānbhavet || 222 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.222 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 (9.222). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Prakasha, Etad, Taskarya, Yat, Yad, Devana, Samahvaya, Tad, Nityam, Nitya, Pratighata, Nripati, Yatnavat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.222). 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: “prakāśametattāskaryaṃ yaddevanasamāhvayau
  • prakāśam -
  • prakāśa (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    prakāśa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    prakāśā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • etat -
  • etad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    etad (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • tāskaryam -
  • tāskarya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yad -
  • yat (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yat (noun, masculine)
    [compound]
    yad (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    yat (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    i -> yat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √i class 2 verb], [vocative single from √i class 2 verb], [accusative single from √i class 2 verb]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • devana -
  • devana (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    devana (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samāhvayau -
  • samāhvaya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • Line 2: “tayornityaṃ pratīghāte nṛpatiryatnavānbhavet
  • tayor -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
    (noun, feminine)
    [genitive dual], [locative dual]
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • pratīghāte -
  • pratīghāta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
  • nṛpatir -
  • nṛpati (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • yatnavān -
  • yatnavat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • bhavet -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
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