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 4.242

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तस्माद्धर्मं सहायार्थं नित्यं सञ्चिनुयात्शनैः ।
धर्मेण हि सहायेन तमस्तरति दुस्तरम् ॥ २४२ ॥

tasmāddharmaṃ sahāyārthaṃ nityaṃ sañcinuyātśanaiḥ |
dharmeṇa hi sahāyena tamastarati dustaram || 242 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 4.242 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 (4.242). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tasmat, Tad, Sahayartham, Nityam, Nitya, Shanaih, Shana, Dharmena, Dharma, Sahaya, Tama, Tamas, Tarat, Dustara,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 4.242). 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: “tasmāddharmaṃ sahāyārthaṃ nityaṃ sañcinuyātśanaiḥ ”
tasmāddh -
tasmāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single]
harmam -
harman (noun, neuter)

[adverb]
sahāyārtham -
sahāyārtham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nityam -
nityam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

nitya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

nitya (noun, neuter)

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

nityā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sañ -
sa (noun, neuter)

[adverb]

sam (Preverb)

[Preverb]
cinuyāt -
√ci (verb class 5)

[optative active third single]
śanaiḥ -
śanaiḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

śana (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

śana (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]
Line 2: “dharmeṇa hi sahāyena tamastarati dustaram ”
dharmeṇa -
dharmeṇa (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

dharma (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
sahāyena -
sahāya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]
tamas -
tamas (noun, neuter)

[compound], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

tama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tarati -
√tṝ -> tarat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √tṝ class 1 verb]

√tṝ -> tarat (participle, neuter)

[locative single from √tṝ class 1 verb]

√tṝ (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
dustaram -
dustara (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dustara (noun, neuter)

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

dustarā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023