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 9.249

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यावानवध्यस्य वधे तावान्वध्यस्य मोक्षणे ।
अधर्मो नृपतेर्दृष्टो धर्मस्तु विनियच्छतः ॥ २४९ ॥

yāvānavadhyasya vadhe tāvānvadhyasya mokṣaṇe |
adharmo nṛpaterdṛṣṭo dharmastu viniyacchataḥ || 249 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.249 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 (9.249). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yava, Yavat, Avadhya, Vadha, Tavat, Vadhya, Mokshana, Adharma, Nripati, Drishta, Dharma, Yacchat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.249). 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: “yāvānavadhyasya vadhe tāvānvadhyasya mokṣaṇe ”
yāvān -
yāva (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]

yāvat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
avadhyasya -
avadhya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

avadhya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
vadhe -
vadha (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

vadhā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
tāvān -
tāvat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
vadhyasya -
vadhya (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

vadhya (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
mokṣaṇe -
mokṣaṇa (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

mokṣaṇa (noun, neuter)

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

mokṣaṇā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
Line 2: “adharmo nṛpaterdṛṣṭo dharmastu viniyacchataḥ ”
adharmo* -
adharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
nṛpater -
nṛpati (noun, masculine)

[ablative single], [genitive single]
dṛṣṭo* -
dṛṣṭa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]

√dṛś -> dṛṣṭa (participle, masculine)

[nominative single from √dṛś class 1 verb]
dharmas -
dharma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
tu -
tu (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
vini -
vi (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[locative single]

vini (Preverb)

[Preverb]
yacchataḥ -
√yam -> yacchat (participle, masculine)

[accusative plural from √yam class 1 verb], [ablative single from √yam class 1 verb], [genitive single from √yam class 1 verb]

√yam -> yacchat (participle, neuter)

[ablative single from √yam class 1 verb], [genitive single from √yam class 1 verb]

√yam (verb class 1)

[present active third dual]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023