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 6.37
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
अनधीत्य द्विजो वेदाननुत्पाद्य तथा सुतान् ।
अनिष्ट्वा चैव यज्ञैश्च मोक्षमिच्छन् व्रजत्यधः ॥ ३७ ॥anadhītya dvijo vedānanutpādya tathā sutān |
aniṣṭvā caiva yajñaiśca mokṣamicchan vrajatyadhaḥ || 37 ||The twice-born person, who seeks Liberation, without having studied the Vedas, without having begotten offspring, and without having offered sacrificis, sinks downwards.—(37).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
‘Sacrifices’—such as the Animal-Sacrifice, the Some-Sacrifice and the like, which an obligatory on persons who have set up the Fire.—(37).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 6.36-37)
See Comparative notes for Verse 6.36.