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 7.87

समोत्तमाधमै राजा त्वाहूतः पालयन्प्रजाः ।
न निवर्तेत सङ्ग्रामात्क्षात्रं धर्ममनुस्मरन् ॥ ८७ ॥

samottamādhamai rājā tvāhūtaḥ pālayanprajāḥ |
na nivarteta saṅgrāmātkṣātraṃ dharmamanusmaran || 87 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 7.87 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 (7.87). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sama, Raja, Rajan, Raj, Tva, Yushmad, Ahuta, Palayat, Praja, Prajas, Nivarta, Ita, Sangrama, Kshatra, Dharma, Anu, Smarat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 7.87). 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: “samottamādhamai rājā tvāhūtaḥ pālayanprajāḥ
  • samo -
  • sama (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sama (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    samā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    sam (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • uttamādhamai -
  • rājā -
  • rājā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    rājan (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    rāj (noun, masculine)
    [instrumental single]
    rāj (noun, neuter)
    [instrumental single]
  • tvā -
  • tu (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    tva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    tvā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    yuṣmad (pronoun, none)
    [accusative single]
  • āhūtaḥ -
  • āhūta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • pālayan -
  • pāl -> pālayat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √pāl class 10 verb], [vocative single from √pāl class 10 verb]
    -> pālayat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √], [vocative single from √]
  • prajāḥ -
  • praja (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    prajā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    prajas (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “na nivarteta saṅgrāmātkṣātraṃ dharmamanusmaran
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • nivarte -
  • nivarta (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    nivarta (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    nivartā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
  • ita -
  • ita (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ita (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    i -> ita (participle, masculine)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i -> ita (participle, neuter)
    [vocative single from √i class 2 verb]
    i (verb class 2)
    [imperative active second plural]
  • saṅgrāmāt -
  • saṅgrāma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    saṅgrāma (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • kṣātram -
  • kṣātra (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    kṣātra (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • dharmam -
  • dharma (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dharman (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    dharman (noun, neuter)
    [adverb]
    dharmā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • anu -
  • anu (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    anu (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    anu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb]
    anu (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    anu (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb]
  • smaran -
  • smṛ -> smarat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √smṛ class 1 verb], [vocative single from √smṛ class 1 verb]
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