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 4.238

धर्मं शनैः सञ्चिनुयाद्वल्मीकमिव पुत्तिकाः ।
परलोकसहायार्थं सर्वभूतान्यपीडयन् ॥ २३८ ॥

dharmaṃ śanaiḥ sañcinuyādvalmīkamiva puttikāḥ |
paralokasahāyārthaṃ sarvabhūtānyapīḍayan || 238 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.238 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 (4.238). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Dharma, Shanaih, Shana, Valmika, Iva, Puttika, Paraloka, Sahayartham, Sarvabhuta, Apidayat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.238). 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: “dharmaṃ śanaiḥ sañcinuyādvalmīkamiva puttikāḥ
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • śanaiḥ -
  • śanaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    śana (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental plural]
    śana (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental plural]
  • sañ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    sam (Preverb)
    [Preverb]
  • cinuyād -
  • ci (verb class 5)
    [optative active third single]
  • valmīkam -
  • valmīka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    valmīka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • iva -
  • iva (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    iva (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • puttikāḥ -
  • puttikā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • Line 2: “paralokasahāyārthaṃ sarvabhūtānyapīḍayan
  • paraloka -
  • paraloka (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sahāyārtham -
  • sahāyārtham (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sarvabhūtānya -
  • sarvabhūta (noun, neuter)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • apīḍayan -
  • apīḍayat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    pīḍ (verb class 10)
    [imperfect active third plural]
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