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 9.307

यथा यमः प्रियद्वेष्यौ प्राप्ते काले नियच्छति ।
तथा राज्ञा नियन्तव्याः प्रजास्तद् हि यमव्रतम् ॥ ३०७ ॥

yathā yamaḥ priyadveṣyau prāpte kāle niyacchati |
tathā rājñā niyantavyāḥ prajāstad hi yamavratam || 307 ||

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

Yatha, Yama, Priya, Dveshya, Dveshi, Prapta, Prapti, Kale, Kala, Yacchat, Tatha, Rajan, Niyantavya, Praja, Prajas, Tad, Yamavrata,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.307). 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: “yathā yamaḥ priyadveṣyau prāpte kāle niyacchati
  • yathā -
  • yathā (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    yathā (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    yathā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • yamaḥ -
  • yama (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • priya -
  • priya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    priya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • dveṣyau -
  • dveṣya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    dviṣ -> dveṣya (participle, masculine)
    [nominative dual from √dviṣ], [vocative dual from √dviṣ], [accusative dual from √dviṣ]
    dveṣī (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • prāpte -
  • prāpta (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    prāpta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    prāptā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    prāpti (noun, feminine)
    [vocative single]
  • kāle -
  • kāle (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    kāla (noun, masculine)
    [locative single]
    kāla (noun, neuter)
    [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    kālā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ni -
  • ni (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    ni (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    ni (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
    ni (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • yacchati -
  • yam -> yacchat (participle, masculine)
    [locative single from √yam class 1 verb]
    yam -> yacchat (participle, neuter)
    [locative single from √yam class 1 verb]
    yam (verb class 1)
    [present active third single]
  • Line 2: “tathā rājñā niyantavyāḥ prajāstad hi yamavratam
  • tathā* -
  • tathā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    tatha (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • rājñā -
  • rājan (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
  • niyantavyāḥ -
  • niyantavya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    niyantavyā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • prajās -
  • praja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    prajas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • tad -
  • tad (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
  • hi -
  • hi (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
  • yamavratam -
  • yamavrata (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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