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 7.23

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देवदानवगन्धर्वा रक्षांसि पतगोरगाः ।
तेऽपि भोगाय कल्पन्ते दण्डेनैव निपीडिताः ॥ २३ ॥

devadānavagandharvā rakṣāṃsi patagoragāḥ |
te'pi bhogāya kalpante daṇḍenaiva nipīḍitāḥ || 23 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 7.23 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 (7.23). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Devadanava, Gandharva, Rakshas, Patagoraga, Tad, Yushmad, Api, Bhoga, Danda, Nipidita,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 7.23). 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: “devadānavagandharvā rakṣāṃsi patagoragāḥ ”
devadānava -
devadānava (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

devadānava (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
gandharvā* -
gandharva (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

gandharvā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
rakṣāṃsi -
rakṣas (noun, neuter)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
patagoragāḥ -
patagoraga (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “te'pi bhogāya kalpante daṇḍenaiva nipīḍitāḥ ”
te' -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]

tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
api -
api (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

ap (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
bhogāya -
bhoga (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

bhoga (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
kalpante -
√kḷp (verb class 1)

[present middle third plural]
daṇḍenai -
daṇḍa (noun, masculine)

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

[imperfect active first dual]
nipīḍitāḥ -
nipīḍita (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

nipīḍitā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023