Manava Dharmashastra 4.244
Manubhāṣya 4.244
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- Sanskrit
4.244
bahuprakāratvāduttamasya tadapekṣyā vīpsā | kaścijjātyotkṛṣṭaḥ kaścidvidyayā kaścicchīlena | athavā sambandhabhedādyaḥ kaścitsambandho yena kenaciduttamena yogyaḥ | uttamairuttamairjāyādibhirutkṛṣṭaiḥ kanyādānādilakṣaṇānsambandhānācaretkuryānninīṣurnetuṃ prāpayitumicchuḥ kulamutkarṣaṃ śraiṣṭhyam | adhamānadhamāṃstyajet | uttamaireva vidhānādadhamānāṃ tyāge siddha uttamāsambhave madhyamānujñānārthaṃ tyāgavacanam | adhamā nikṛṣṭāḥ |
‘Darkness’ stands for suffering. Even such ‘unfordable darkness’ becomes easily fordable with the aid of Merit as a companion; i.e., the man does not become submerged in the darkness.—(242)
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