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 12.124
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
एष सर्वाणि भूतानि पञ्चभिर्व्याप्य मूर्तिभिः ।
जन्मवृद्धिक्षयैर्नित्यं संसारयति चक्रवत् ॥ १२४ ॥eṣa sarvāṇi bhūtāni pañcabhirvyāpya mūrtibhiḥ |
janmavṛddhikṣayairnityaṃ saṃsārayati cakravat || 124 ||He it is who, interpenetrating all beings, with his five forms, makes them, revolve constantly like a wheel, through birth, growth and decay.—(124)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
[The Bhāṣya has nothing to say on this verse.]