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 8.398

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शुल्कस्थानेषु कुशलाः सर्वपण्यविचक्षणाः ।
कुर्युरर्घं यथापण्यं ततो विंशं नृपो हरेत् ॥ ३९८ ॥

śulkasthāneṣu kuśalāḥ sarvapaṇyavicakṣaṇāḥ |
kuryurarghaṃ yathāpaṇyaṃ tato viṃśaṃ nṛpo haret || 398 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 8.398 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 (8.398). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shulkasthana, Kushala, Saru, Sarva, Apanya, Vicakshana, Argha, Yathapanyam, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Vimsha, Nripa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 8.398). 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: “śulkasthāneṣu kuśalāḥ sarvapaṇyavicakṣaṇāḥ ”
śulkasthāneṣu -
śulkasthāna (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
kuśalāḥ -
kuśala (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kuśalā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
sarva -
saru (noun, masculine)

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

saru (noun, neuter)

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

saru (noun, feminine)

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

sarva (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sarva (noun, masculine)

[vocative single]
apaṇya -
apaṇya (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

apaṇya (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
vicakṣaṇāḥ -
vicakṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vicakṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
Line 2: “kuryurarghaṃ yathāpaṇyaṃ tato viṃśaṃ nṛpo haret ”
kuryur -
√kṛ (verb class 8)

[optative active third plural]
argham -
argha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]
yathāpaṇyam -
yathāpaṇyam (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
tato* -
tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tataḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tad (noun, neuter)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

tata (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√tan -> tata (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]

sa (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]

sā (noun, feminine)

[ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
viṃśam -
viṃśa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

viṃśa (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
nṛpo* -
nṛpa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
haret -
√hṛ (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023