Manava Dharmashastra 1.15
Manubhāṣya 1.15
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- Sanskrit
1.15
mahāniti saṃjñayā sāṅkhyānāṃ tattvaṃ prasiddham | ātmānamiti mahatā sāmānādhikaraṇyam | sarvapiṇḍasṛṣṭau ca mahattayā'nusyūtamata ātmavyavahāraḥ | ahaṅkārātpūrvaṃ pūrveṇa nyāyena sasarja | sarvāṇi triguṇāni ca | yathānukrāntaṃ yathānukramyate tatsarvaṃ triguṇam| sattvarajastamāṃsi guṇāḥ | kṣetrajñāḥ kevalaṃ nirguṇāḥ | prākṛto bhāgaḥ sarvaḥ sattvarajastamomayaḥ | pañcendriyāṇi, teṣāṃ nirdeśaviṣayāṇāṃ rūparasādīnāṃ yathāsvaṃ grahītṝṇi vijñānajanakāni | pañca 'śrotraṃ tvagityādinā' vakṣyante viśeṣanāmāni | caśabdena viṣayāṃśca śabdasparśarūparasagandhān pṛthivyādīni ca |
In place of ‘mātrāsu’ it is better to rend ‘mātrābhiḥ’.—(16)
Translations (1)
- Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English
Linked texts (1)
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit