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 9.309

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परिपूर्णं यथा चन्द्रं दृष्ट्वा हृष्यन्ति मानवाः ।
तथा प्रकृतयो यस्मिन् स चान्द्रव्रतिको नृपः ॥ ३०९ ॥

paripūrṇaṃ yathā candraṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛṣyanti mānavāḥ |
tathā prakṛtayo yasmin sa cāndravratiko nṛpaḥ || 309 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.309 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 (9.309). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Paripurna, Yatha, Candra, Hrishyat, Hrishyanti, Manava, Tatha, Prakriti, Yah, Yat, Candravratika, Nripa,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.309). 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: “paripūrṇaṃ yathā candraṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛṣyanti mānavāḥ ”
paripūrṇam -
paripūrṇa (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

paripūrṇa (noun, neuter)

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

paripūrṇā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
yathā -
yathā (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

yathā (indeclinable relative)

[indeclinable relative]

yathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
candram -
candra (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

candra (noun, neuter)

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

candrā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]
dṛṣṭvā -
√dṛś -> dṛṣṭvā (absolutive)

[absolutive from √dṛś]
hṛṣyanti -
√hṛṣ -> hṛṣyat (participle, neuter)

[nominative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb], [vocative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb], [accusative plural from √hṛṣ class 4 verb]

√hṛṣ -> hṛṣyantī (participle, feminine)

[vocative single from √hṛṣ class 4 verb]

√hṛṣ (verb class 4)

[present active third plural]
mānavāḥ -
mānava (noun, masculine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
Line 2: “tathā prakṛtayo yasmin sa cāndravratiko nṛpaḥ ”
tathā -
tathā (indeclinable correlative)

[indeclinable correlative]

tathā (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

tathā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
prakṛtayo* -
prakṛti (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural]
yasmin -
ya (noun, masculine)

[locative single]

yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)

[locative single]

yat (pronoun, neuter)

[locative single]
sa -
sa (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

sa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
cāndravratiko* -
cāndravratika (noun, masculine)

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

[nominative single]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023