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 12.63
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
मांसं गृध्रो वपां मद्गुस्तैलं तैलपकः खगः ।
चीरीवाकस्तु लवणं बलाका शकुनिर्दधि ॥ ६३ ॥māṃsaṃ gṛdhro vapāṃ madgustailaṃ tailapakaḥ khagaḥ |
cīrīvākastu lavaṇaṃ balākā śakunirdadhi || 63 ||For stealing meat, a vulture; for stealing fat, a cormorant; for stealing oil, a ‘Tailapāyika’ bird; for stealing salt, a Cīrīvāka; and for stealing curds, a ‘Balākā’-bird.—(63)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
[The Bhāṣya has nothing to say on this.]
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in Parāśaramādhava (Prāyaścitta, p. 511).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 12.60-68)
See Comparative notes for Verse 12.60.