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 10.52
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
वासांसि मृतचैलानि भिन्नभाण्डेषु भोजनम् ।
कार्ष्णायसमलङ्कारः परिव्रज्या च नित्यशः ॥ ५२ ॥vāsāṃsi mṛtacailāni bhinnabhāṇḍeṣu bhojanam |
kārṣṇāyasamalaṅkāraḥ parivrajyā ca nityaśaḥ || 52 ||The clothes of dead bodies shall be their dress; they shall eat in broken dishes; their ornaments shall be of iron, and they shall be constantly wandering.—(52)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
They shall be always wandering; not remaining at any one place.—(52)