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 9.320

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क्षत्रस्यातिप्रवृद्धस्य ब्राह्मणान्प्रति सर्वशः ।
ब्रह्मैव संनियन्तृ स्यात्क्षत्रं हि ब्रह्मसम्भवम् ॥ ३२० ॥

kṣatrasyātipravṛddhasya brāhmaṇānprati sarvaśaḥ |
brahmaiva saṃniyantṛ syātkṣatraṃ hi brahmasambhavam || 320 ||

The Sanskrit text of Verse 9.320 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 (9.320). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Kshatra, Atipravriddha, Brahmana, Prati, Sarvashah, Brahma, Brahman, Samniyantri, Syat, Sya, Brahmasambhava,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Verse 9.320). 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: “kṣatrasyātipravṛddhasya brāhmaṇānprati sarvaśaḥ ”
kṣatrasyā -
kṣatra (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
atipravṛddhasya -
atipravṛddha (noun, masculine)

[genitive single]

atipravṛddha (noun, neuter)

[genitive single]
brāhmaṇān -
brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)

[accusative plural]
prati -
prati (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

prati (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

pratī (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

pratī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
sarvaśaḥ -
sarvaśaḥ (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
Line 2: “brahmaiva saṃniyantṛ syātkṣatraṃ hi brahmasambhavam ”
brahmai -
brahma (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahma (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]

brahman (noun, neuter)

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

brahmā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√brahm (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single], [imperative middle first single]
aiva -
√i (verb class 2)

[imperfect active first dual]
saṃniyantṛ -
saṃniyantṛ (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb]

saṃniyantṛ (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
syāt -
syāt (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

syāt (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]

sya (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [ablative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[optative active third single]
kṣatram -
kṣatra (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
hi -
hi (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]
brahmasambhavam -
brahmasambhava (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

brahmasambhava (noun, neuter)

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

brahmasambhavā (noun, feminine)

[adverb]

Last Updated: 15 December, 2023