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...

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

कृमिकीटपतङ्गानां विड्भुजां चैव पक्षिणाम् ।
हिंस्राणां चैव सत्त्वानां सुरापो ब्राह्मणो व्रजेत् ॥ ५६ ॥

kṛmikīṭapataṅgānāṃ viḍbhujāṃ caiva pakṣiṇām |
hiṃsrāṇāṃ caiva sattvānāṃ surāpo brāhmaṇo vrajet || 56 ||

The Brāhmaṇa who drinks wine shall enter the womb of worms, insects, moths, of birds feeding on ordure, or of carnivorous animals.—(56)

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

Feeding on ordure’—such as the crow and the like.

Carnivorous’—tigers and so forth.—(56)

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

This verse is quoted in Mitākṣarā (3.208);—and in Parāśaramādhava (Prāyaścitta, p. 510).

 

Comparative notes by various authors

(verses 12.53-59)

See Comparative notes for Verse 12.53.

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