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 9.255

निर्भयं तु भवेद्यस्य राष्ट्रं बाहुबलाश्रितम् ।
तस्य तद्वर्धते नित्यं सिच्यमान इव द्रुमः ॥ २५५ ॥

nirbhayaṃ tu bhavedyasya rāṣṭraṃ bāhubalāśritam |
tasya tadvardhate nityaṃ sicyamāna iva drumaḥ || 255 ||

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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 (9.255). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Nirbhaya, Yasya, Yah, Yat, Rashtra, Bahubala, Ashrita, Tad, Tadva, Tadvan, Nityam, Nitya, Sicyamana, Iva, Druma,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.255). 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: “nirbhayaṃ tu bhavedyasya rāṣṭraṃ bāhubalāśritam
  • nirbhayam -
  • nirbhaya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nirbhaya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nirbhayā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • tu -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • bhaved -
  • bhū (verb class 1)
    [optative active third single]
  • yasya -
  • yasya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yasya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    yas -> yasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √yas]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    yas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • rāṣṭram -
  • rāṣṭra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    rāṣṭra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • bāhubalā -
  • bāhubala (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    bāhubala (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • aśritam -
  • aśrita (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    aśrita (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    aśritā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • Line 2: “tasya tadvardhate nityaṃ sicyamāna iva drumaḥ
  • tasya -
  • tas -> tasya (absolutive)
    [absolutive from √tas]
    ta (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    ta (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    tas (verb class 4)
    [imperative active second single]
  • tadvar -
  • tadvā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tadvan (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [nominative single]
  • ṛdhate -
  • nityam -
  • nityam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    nitya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    nitya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    nityā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • sicyamāna* -
  • sic -> sicyamāna (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sic class 6 verb]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • drumaḥ -
  • druma (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
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