Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi
by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 1,381,940 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553
This is the English translation of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of Sanskrit verses dealing with 鈥楧harma鈥�, a collective name for human purpose, their duties and the law. Various topics will be dealt with, but this volume of the series includes 12 discourses (adhyaya). The commentary on this text by Medhatithi elaborately explains various t...
Verse 12.53
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ぞ啶� 啶ぞ啶� 啶啶ㄠた啶� 啶む 啶溹啶掂啶洁く啶� 啶啶� 啶啶ㄠ啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶｀ぞ 啷�
啶曕啶班ぎ啶多 啶ぞ啶むた 啶侧啶曕啶洁じ啷嵿ぎ啶苦啶膏啶むい啷� 啶むい啷� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶� 啶ㄠた啶啶оい 啷� 啷ォ 啷�y膩峁� y膩峁� yoni峁� tu j墨vo'ya峁� yena yenaiha karma峁嚹� |
krama艣o y膩ti loke'smi峁僺tat tat sarva峁� nibodhata || 53 ||Into what wombs the soul enters,鈥攁nd in consequence of what acts,鈥攍isten to that, in due order.鈥�(53)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
[The 叠丑腻峁补 has nothing to say on this.]
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 12.53-59)
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (3.207-208).鈥斺�楾he slayer of a Br膩hma峁嘺 is born among deer, horses, pigs and camels; and the wine-drinker, among asses, Pukkasas and Venas, the stealer of gold being a worm, an insect or flies; and the violator of the 骋耻谤耻鈥檚 bed becomes grass or bushes or creepers.鈥�
(See texts under 11.49 et seq.)