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 ‘Dharma�, 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 12.58
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
तृणगुल्मलतानां � क्रव्यादां दंष्ट्रिणामप� �
क्रूरकर्मकृतां चै� शतशो गुरुतल्पगः � ५८ �tṛṇagulmalatānā� ca kravyādā� daṃṣṭriṇāmapi |
krūrakarmakṛtā� caiva śataśo gurutalpaga� || 58 ||The violator of the Preceptor’s Bed is born hundreds of times as grasses, shrubs, creepers, as carnivorous and fanged animals, or as beings of cruel deeds.�(58)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
�Of cruel deeds’—given to killing others.�(58)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in Ѿṣa (3.208).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 12.53-59)
See Comparative notes for Verse 12.53.