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 8.172

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स्वादानाद्वर्णसंसर्गात्त्वबलानां च रक्षणात् ।
बलं सञ्जायते राज्ञः स प्रेत्यैह च वर्धते ॥ १७२ ॥

svādānādvarṇasaṃsargāttvabalānāṃ ca rakṣaṇāt |
balaṃ sañjāyate rājñaḥ sa pretyaiha ca vardhate || 172 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.172 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 (8.172). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Svadana, Varnasamsarga, Tva, Abala, Rakshana, Bala, Sanja, Tad, Yushmad, Rajan, Pretya, Preti, Eha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.172). 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: “svādānādvarṇasaṃsargāttvabalānāṃ ca rakṣaṇāt ”
svādānād -
svādāna (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

svādāna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
varṇasaṃsargāt -
varṇasaṃsarga (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
tva -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

tva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
abalānām -
abala (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

abala (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

abalā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
rakṣaṇāt -
rakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

rakṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
Line 2: “balaṃ sañjāyate rājñaḥ sa pretyaiha ca vardhate ”
balam -
bala (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

bala (noun, neuter)

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

balā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sañjāya -
sañja (noun, masculine)

[dative single]
te -
ta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

ta (noun, neuter)

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

tā (noun, feminine)

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

tad (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [accusative dual]

yuṣmad (pronoun, none)

[dative single], [genitive single]
rājñaḥ -
rājan (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural], [ablative single], [genitive single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
pretyai -
pretya (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

preti (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]

pretī (noun, masculine)

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

pretī (noun, feminine)

[instrumental single], [dative single]
eha -
eha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

eha (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vardhate -
√vṛdh (verb class 1)

[present middle third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023