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 12.59
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶灌た啶傕じ啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶さ啶ㄠ啶むた 啶曕啶班さ啷嵿く啶距う啶距 啶曕啶く啷嬥そ啶啶о啶き啶曕啶粪た啶｀ 啷�
啶ぐ啶膏啶ぐ啶距う啶苦え啶� 啶膏啶む啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶啶班啶む啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶む啶じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啷�啶ㄠた啶粪啶掂た啶｀ 啷� 啷ク 啷�hi峁僺r膩 bhavanti kravy膩d膩岣� k峁沵ayo'medhyabhak峁峁嘺岣� |
paraspar膩dina岣� sten膩岣� prety膩ntyastr墨ni峁vi峁嘺岣� || 59 ||Sanguinary persons become carnivorous animals; the eaters of impure food become worms; thieves become creatures consuming their own kind; and those having intercourse with women of the lowest caste become Pretas.鈥�(59)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Carnivorous animals鈥欌�攕uch as the vulture and the like.
鈥�Eaters of impure food become worms.鈥�
鈥�Creatures consuming their own kind鈥欌�攕uch as big cats devour smaller eats, and large fishes devour smaller fishes of various kinds.
鈥�Those who have intercourse with women of the lowest caste鈥欌�攕uch as the 鈥�Barbara鈥� and other castes.鈥�(59)
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 12.53-59)
See Comparative notes for Verse 12.53.