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 9.270

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न होढेन विना चौरं घातयेद्धार्मिको नृपः ।
सहोढं सोपकरणं घातयेदविचारयन् ॥ २७० ॥

na hoḍhena vinā cauraṃ ghātayeddhārmiko nṛpaḥ |
sahoḍhaṃ sopakaraṇaṃ ghātayedavicārayan || 270 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.270 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 (9.270). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Hodha, Vina, Caura, Dharmika, Nripa, Sahodha, Sopakarana, Avicarayat,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.270). 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: “na hoḍhena vinā cauraṃ ghātayeddhārmiko nṛpaḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
hoḍhena -
hoḍha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

hoḍha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
vinā -
vinā (indeclinable postposition)

[indeclinable postposition]

vi (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

vi (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vī (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]

vinā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
cauram -
caura (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

caura (noun, neuter)

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

caurā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ghātayed -
√han (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
dhārmiko* -
dhārmika (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]
Line 2: “sahoḍhaṃ sopakaraṇaṃ ghātayedavicārayan ”
sahoḍham -
sahoḍha (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sahoḍha (noun, neuter)

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

sahoḍhā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
sopakaraṇam -
sopakaraṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

sopakaraṇa (noun, neuter)

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

sopakaraṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
ghātayed -
√han (verb class 0)

[optative active third single]
avicārayan -
avicārayat (noun, masculine)

[nominative single], [vocative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023