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 9.316

यानुपाश्रित्य तिष्ठन्ति लोका देवाश्च सर्वदा ।
ब्रह्म चैव धनं येषां को हिंस्यात्ताञ्जिजीविषुः ॥ ३१६ ॥

yānupāśritya tiṣṭhanti lokā devāśca sarvadā |
brahma caiva dhanaṃ yeṣāṃ ko hiṃsyāttāñjijīviṣuḥ || 316 ||

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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 (9.316). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Yat, Yah, Upa, Ashritya, Tishthat, Tishthanti, Loka, Deva, Sarvada, Brahma, Brahman, Dhana, Kah, Himsya, Jijivishu,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.316). 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: “yānupāśritya tiṣṭhanti lokā devāśca sarvadā
  • yān -
  • yat (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    yāt (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single], [vocative single]
    ya (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • upā -
  • upā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    upa (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    upa (indeclinable preposition)
    [indeclinable preposition]
    upa (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
  • āśritya -
  • āśritya (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    āśritya (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    āśritya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tiṣṭhanti -
  • tiṣṭhantī (noun, masculine)
    [adverb]
    tiṣṭhantī (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [vocative single]
    tiṣṭhantī (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    sthā -> tiṣṭhat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [vocative plural from √sthā class 1 verb], [accusative plural from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā -> tiṣṭhantī (participle, feminine)
    [vocative single from √sthā class 1 verb]
    sthā (verb class 1)
    [present active third plural]
  • lokā* -
  • loka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
  • devāś -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural]
    devā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • sarvadā -
  • sarvadā (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    sarvadā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “brahma caiva dhanaṃ yeṣāṃ ko hiṃsyāttāñjijīviṣuḥ
  • brahma -
  • brahma (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahma (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    brahman (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    brahm (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • cai -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
  • aiva -
  • i (verb class 2)
    [imperfect active first dual]
  • dhanam -
  • dhana (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [accusative single]
    dhana (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
  • yeṣām -
  • ya (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    yaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    yat (pronoun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
  • ko* -
  • kaḥ (indeclinable interrogative)
    [indeclinable interrogative]
    ka (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    kaḥ (pronoun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • hiṃsyāt -
  • hiṃsya (noun, masculine)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    hiṃsya (noun, neuter)
    [adverb], [ablative single]
    hiṃs -> hiṃsya (participle, masculine)
    [ablative single from √hiṃs class 1 verb], [ablative single from √hiṃs class 7 verb]
    hiṃs -> hiṃsya (participle, neuter)
    [ablative single from √hiṃs class 1 verb], [ablative single from √hiṃs class 7 verb]
    hiṃs (verb class 7)
    [optative active third single]
  • tāñ -
  • ta (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [accusative plural]
  • jijīviṣuḥ -
  • jijīviṣu (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    jijīviṣu (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
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