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 8.286

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मनुष्याणां पशूनां च दुःखाय प्रहृते सति ।
यथा यथा महद्दुःखं दण्डं कुर्यात्तथा तथा ॥ २८६ ॥

manuṣyāṇāṃ paśūnāṃ ca duḥkhāya prahṛte sati |
yathā yathā mahadduḥkhaṃ daṇḍaṃ kuryāttathā tathā || 286 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.286 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 (8.286). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Manushya, Pashu, Duhkha, Prahrita, Sat, Sati, Yatha, Mahat, Duhkham, Danda, Tatha,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.286). 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: “manuṣyāṇāṃ paśūnāṃ ca duḥkhāya prahṛte sati ”
manuṣyāṇām -
manuṣya (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

manuṣya (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]

manuṣyā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
paśūnām -
paśu (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

paśū (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

paśū (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]

paśū (noun, neuter)

[genitive plural]
ca -
ca (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

ca (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

ca (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
duḥkhāya -
duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[dative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

[dative single]
prahṛte -
prahṛta (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

prahṛta (noun, neuter)

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

prahṛtā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
sati -
satī (noun, feminine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

sati (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]

sat (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

sat (noun, neuter)

[locative single]
Line 2: “yathā yathā mahadduḥkhaṃ daṇḍaṃ kuryāttathā tathā ”
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
mahad -
atimahat (noun, masculine)

[compound]

mahat (noun, neuter)

[nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
duḥkham -
duḥkham (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

duḥkha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

duḥkha (noun, neuter)

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

duḥkhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
daṇḍam -
daṇḍa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

daṇḍā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
kuryāt -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023