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 12.56
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶曕啶た啶曕啶熰お啶む啷嵿啶距え啶距 啶掂た啶∴啶啶溹ぞ啶� 啶氞啶� 啶啷嵿し啶苦ぃ啶距ぎ啷� 啷�
啶灌た啶傕じ啷嵿ぐ啶距ぃ啶距 啶氞啶� 啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶距え啶距 啶膏啶班ぞ啶 啶啶班ぞ啶灌啶ぃ啷� 啶掂啶班啷囙い啷� 啷� 啷ガ 啷�k峁沵ik墨峁璦pata峁単膩n膩峁� vi岣峛huj膩峁� caiva pak峁峁嚹乵 |
hi峁僺r膩峁嚹佱箖 caiva sattv膩n膩峁� sur膩po br膩hma峁噊 vrajet || 56 ||The 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 who drinks wine shall enter the womb of worms, insects, moths, of birds feeding on ordure, or of carnivorous animals.鈥�(56)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Feeding on ordure鈥欌�攕uch as the crow and the like.
鈥�Carnivorous鈥欌�攖igers and so forth.鈥�(56)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (3.208);鈥攁nd in 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (Pr膩ya艣citta, p. 510).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 12.53-59)
See Comparative notes for Verse 12.53.