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 12.77
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
सम्भवांश्च वियोनीषु दुःखप्रायासु नित्यशः ।
शीतातपाभिघातांश्च विविधानि भयानि च ॥ ७७ ॥sambhavāṃśca viyonīṣu duḥkhaprāyāsu nityaśaḥ |
śītātapābhighātāṃśca vividhāni bhayāni ca || 77 ||Constant births in low forms of life, abounding in misery, afflictions from heat and cold, and terrors of various kinds.—(77)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Low forms of life’—such as the lower animals, Pretas and Piśācas;—birth in these, which is full of misery.—(77)