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 8.44

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यथा नयत्यसृक्पातैर्मृगस्य मृगयुः पदम् ।
नयेत्तथाऽनुमानेन धर्मस्य नृपतिः पदम् ॥ ४४ ॥

yathā nayatyasṛkpātairmṛgasya mṛgayuḥ padam |
nayettathā'numānena dharmasya nṛpatiḥ padam || 44 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.44 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 (8.44). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yatha, Nayat, Asrikpata, Mriga, Mrigayu, Pada, Anumana, Dharma, Nripati,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.44). 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: “yathā nayatyasṛkpātairmṛgasya mṛgayuḥ padam ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
nayatya -
nayat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

nayat (noun, neuter)

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

√nay -> nayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √nay class 1 verb]

√nay -> nayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √nay class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √nay class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √nay class 1 verb], [locative single from √nay class 1 verb]

√nī -> nayat (participle, masculine)

[locative single from √nī class 1 verb]

√nī -> nayat (participle, neuter)

[nominative dual from √nī class 1 verb], [vocative dual from √nī class 1 verb], [accusative dual from √nī class 1 verb], [locative single from √nī class 1 verb]

√nay (verb class 1)

[present active third single]

√nī (verb class 1)

[present active third single]
asṛkpātair -
asṛkpāta (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]
mṛgasya -
mṛga (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
mṛgayuḥ -
mṛgayu (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
padam -
pada (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
Line 2: “nayettathā'numānena dharmasya nṛpatiḥ padam ”
nayet -
√nay (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

√nī (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
tathā' -
anumānena -
anumāna (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

anumāna (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
dharmasya -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]
nṛpatiḥ -
nṛpati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
padam -
pada (noun, neuter)

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

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023