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 7.88

सङ्ग्रामेष्वनिवर्तित्वं प्रजानां चैव पालनम् ।
शुश्रूषा ब्राह्मणानां च राज्ञां श्रेयस्करं परम् ॥ ८८ ॥

saṅgrāmeṣvanivartitvaṃ prajānāṃ caiva pālanam |
śuśrūṣā brāhmaṇānāṃ ca rājñāṃ śreyaskaraṃ param || 88 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 7.88 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 (7.88). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Sangrama, Anivartitva, Praja, Prajana, Palana, Shushrusha, Brahmana, Rajan, Shreyaskara, Param, Para,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 7.88). 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: “saṅgrāmeṣvanivartitvaṃ prajānāṃ caiva pālanam
  • saṅgrāmeṣva -
  • saṅgrāma (noun, masculine)
    [locative plural]
    saṅgrāma (noun, neuter)
    [locative plural]
  • anivartitvam -
  • anivartitva (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • prajānām -
  • praja (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    praja (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    prajā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
    prajānā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • pālanam -
  • pālana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    pālana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • Line 2: “śuśrūṣā brāhmaṇānāṃ ca rājñāṃ śreyaskaraṃ param
  • śuśrūṣā* -
  • śuśrūṣā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
    śuśrūṣa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • brāhmaṇānām -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    brāhmaṇā (noun, feminine)
    [genitive plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • rājñām -
  • rājan (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
  • śreyaskaram -
  • śreyaskara (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    śreyaskara (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • param -
  • param (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    para (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    para (noun, neuter)
    [nominative single], [accusative single]
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