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 8.144

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न भोक्तव्यो बलादाधिर्भुञ्जानो वृद्धिमुत्सृजेत् ।
मूल्येन तोषयेच्चैनमाधिस्तेनोऽन्यथा भवेत् ॥ १४४ ॥

na bhoktavyo balādādhirbhuñjāno vṛddhimutsṛjet |
mūlyena toṣayeccainamādhisteno'nyathā bhavet || 144 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.144 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 (8.144). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Bhoktavya, Balat, Bala, Adhi, Bhunja, Mud, Mulya, Aina, Adhistena, Anyatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.144). 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: “na bhoktavyo balādādhirbhuñjāno vṛddhimutsṛjet ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
bhoktavyo* -
bhoktavya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
balād -
balāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

bala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

bala (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
ādhir -
ādhi (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
bhuñjān -
bhuñja (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
o* -
a (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[vocative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
vṛddhi -
vṛddhi (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

vṛddhi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]
mut -
mud (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
sṛjet -
√sṛj (verb class 6)

[optative active third single]
Line 2: “mūlyena toṣayeccainamādhisteno'nyathā bhavet ”
mūlyena -
mūlya (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

mūlya (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

√mūl -> mūlya (participle, masculine)

[instrumental single from √mūl class 1 verb]

√mūl -> mūlya (participle, neuter)

[instrumental single from √mūl class 1 verb]
toṣayec -
√tuṣ (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
cai -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

cā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
ainam -
aina (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ādhisteno' -
ādhistena (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
anyathā* -
anyathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhavet -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023