Manava Dharmashastra 5.47
Manubhāṣya 5.47
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- Sanskrit
5.47
yaccintayati śulkamarhaṇādi | yatra ca ratimabhilāṣaṃ badhnātyabhipretyavastuni | tadayatnena svalpenaiva kālenāvāpnoti | yattu kurute karmaṇā tatkarmaniṣpattisamanantaramevāvighnena prāpnoti |
‘What he fixes his heart upon’,—whatever desirable thing he has longing for;—all this ‘he obtains without effort.’
‘What he undertakes’—whatever art he does, the reward of that he obtains, without and difficulty, immediately after the accomplishment of that act.—(47)
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