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 9.272

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राष्ट्रेषु रक्षाधिकृतान् सामन्तांश्चैव चोदितान् ।
अभ्याघातेषु मध्यस्थाञ्शिष्याच्चौरानिव द्रुतम् ॥ २७२ ॥

rāṣṭreṣu rakṣādhikṛtān sāmantāṃścaiva coditān |
abhyāghāteṣu madhyasthāñśiṣyāccaurāniva drutam || 272 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.272 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 (9.272). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Rashtra, Rakshadhikrita, Samanta, Codita, Abhyaghata, Madhyastha, Shishya, Caura, Iva, Drutam, Druta,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.272). 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: “rāṣṭreṣu rakṣādhikṛtān sāmantāṃścaiva coditān ”
rāṣṭreṣu -
rāṣṭra (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]

rāṣṭra (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
rakṣādhikṛtān -
rakṣādhikṛta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
sāmantāṃś -
sāmanta (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
coditān -
codita (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

√cud -> codita (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √cud]
Line 2: “abhyāghāteṣu madhyasthāñśiṣyāccaurāniva drutam ”
abhyāghāteṣu -
abhyāghāta (noun, masculine)

[locative plural]
madhyasthāñś -
madhyastha (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
śiṣyāc -
śiṣya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

śiṣya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√śās -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √śās class 2 verb]

√śās -> śiṣya (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √śās class 2 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, masculine)

[ablative single from √śiṣ class 10 verb]

√śiṣ -> śiṣya (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √śiṣ class 10 verb]

√śās (verb class 2)

[optative active third single], [benedictive active third single]
caurān -
caura (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
drutam -
drutam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

druta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

druta (noun, neuter)

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

drutā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023