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 8.50

यः स्वयं साधयेदर्थमुत्तमर्णोऽधमर्णिकात् ।
न स राज्ञाऽभियोक्तव्यः स्वकं संसाधयन्धनम् ॥ ५० ॥

yaḥ svayaṃ sādhayedarthamuttamarṇo'dhamarṇikāt |
na sa rājñā'bhiyoktavyaḥ svakaṃ saṃsādhayandhanam || 50 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.50 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 (8.50). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yah, Svayam, Artha, Uttamarna, Adhamarnika, Abhiyoktavya, Svaka, Sadhayat, Dhana,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.50). 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: “yaḥ svayaṃ sādhayedarthamuttamarṇo'dhamarṇikāt
  • yaḥ -
  • yaḥ (indeclinable relative)
    [indeclinable relative]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svayam -
  • svayam (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • sādhayed -
  • sidh (verb class 0)
    [optative active third single]
  • artham -
  • artha (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    artha (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • uttamarṇo' -
  • uttamarṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • adhamarṇikāt -
  • adhamarṇika (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
  • Line 2: “na sa rājñā'bhiyoktavyaḥ svakaṃ saṃsādhayandhanam
  • na -
  • na (indeclinable particle)
    [indeclinable particle]
    na (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    na (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sa -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • rājñā' -
  • abhiyoktavyaḥ -
  • abhiyoktavya (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • svakam -
  • svaka (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    svaka (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
    svakā (noun, feminine)
    [adverb]
  • saṃ -
  • sa (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • sādhayan -
  • sidh -> sādhayat (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √sidh], [vocative single from √sidh]
  • dhanam -
  • dhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
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