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 8.238

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तत्रापरिवृतं धान्यं विहिंस्युः पशवो यदि ।
न तत्र प्रणयेद्दण्डं नृपतिः पशुरक्षिणाम् ॥ २३८ ॥

tatrāparivṛtaṃ dhānyaṃ vihiṃsyuḥ paśavo yadi |
na tatra praṇayeddaṇḍaṃ nṛpatiḥ paśurakṣiṇām || 238 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.238 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 (8.238). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatra, Aparivrita, Dhanya, Pashu, Yadi, Yad, Nripati, Pashurakshin,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.238). 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: “tatrāparivṛtaṃ dhānyaṃ vihiṃsyuḥ paśavo yadi ”
tatrā -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
aparivṛtam -
aparivṛta (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

aparivṛta (noun, neuter)

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

aparivṛtā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dhānyam -
dhānya (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

dhānya (noun, neuter)

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

dhānyā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
vi -
vi (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

vi (indeclinable preposition)

[indeclinable preposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

vi (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

ve (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, masculine)

[adverb]

vī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

vi (Preverb)

[Preverb]
hiṃsyuḥ -
√hiṃs (verb class 7)

[optative active third plural]
paśavo* -
paśu (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
yadi -
yadi (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

yadi (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yadi (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

yad (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
Line 2: “na tatra praṇayeddaṇḍaṃ nṛpatiḥ paśurakṣiṇām ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
tatra -
tatra (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tatra (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tatra (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Cannot analyse praṇayeddaṇḍam*nṛ
nṛpatiḥ -
nṛpati (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
paśurakṣiṇām -
paśurakṣin (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023