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 8.302

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परमं यत्नमातिष्ठेत्स्तेनानां निग्रहे नृपः ।
स्तेनानां निग्रहादस्य यशो राष्ट्रं च वर्धते ॥ ३०२ ॥

paramaṃ yatnamātiṣṭhetstenānāṃ nigrahe nṛpaḥ |
stenānāṃ nigrahādasya yaśo rāṣṭraṃ ca vardhate || 302 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.302 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 (8.302). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paramam, Parama, Yatna, Stena, Nigraha, Nripa, Idam, Yasha, Yashas, Rashtra,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.302). 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: “paramaṃ yatnamātiṣṭhetstenānāṃ nigrahe nṛpaḥ ”
paramam -
paramam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

parama (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

parama (noun, neuter)

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

paramā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yatnam -
yatna (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
ā -
ā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

ṛ (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

ā (Preverb)

[Preverb]
tiṣṭhet -
√sthā (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
stenānām -
stena (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

stenā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
nigrahe -
nigraha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]
nṛpaḥ -
nṛpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “stenānāṃ nigrahādasya yaśo rāṣṭraṃ ca vardhate ”
stenānām -
stena (noun, masculine)

[genitive plural]

stenā (noun, feminine)

[genitive plural]
nigrahād -
nigraha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]
asya -
√as -> asya (absolutive)

[absolutive from √as]

a (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, masculine)

[genitive single]

idam (pronoun, neuter)

[genitive single]

√as (verb class 4)

[imperative active second single]
yaśo* -
yaśas (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

yaśas (noun, neuter)

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

yaśa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
rāṣṭram -
rāṣṭra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

rāṣṭra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative 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