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 9.241

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आगःसु ब्राह्मणस्यैव कार्यो मध्यमसाहसः ।
विवास्यो वा भवेद् राष्ट्रात्सद्रव्यः सपरिच्छदः ॥ २४१ ॥

āgaḥsu brāhmaṇasyaiva kāryo madhyamasāhasaḥ |
vivāsyo vā bhaved rāṣṭrātsadravyaḥ saparicchadaḥ || 241 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.241 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 (9.241). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Agas, Brahmana, Kari, Karya, Madhyamasahasa, Vivasya, Var, Rashtra, Sadravya, Saparicchada,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.241). 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: “āgaḥsu brāhmaṇasyaiva kāryo madhyamasāhasaḥ ”
āgaḥsu -
āgas (noun, neuter)

[locative plural]
brāhmaṇasyai -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
kāryo* -
kārī (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

kārya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 1 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 2 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 8 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ]

√kṛ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṛ class 3 verb], [nominative single from √kṛ class 6 verb]

√kṝ -> kārya (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √kṝ class 5 verb], [nominative single from √kṝ class 9 verb]
madhyamasāhasaḥ -
madhyamasāhasa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “vivāsyo vā bhaved rāṣṭrātsadravyaḥ saparicchadaḥ ”
vivāsyo* -
vivāsya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vā* -
vār (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

vār (noun, neuter)

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

va (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
bhaved -
√bhū (verb class 1)

[optative active third single]
rāṣṭrāt -
rāṣṭra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [ablative single]

rāṣṭra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]
sadravyaḥ -
sadravya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
saparicchadaḥ -
saparicchada (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023