Manusmriti 12.26
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.26
- Language
- Sanskrit
12.26
sattvaṃ jñānaṃ tamo 'jñānaṃ rāgadveṣau rajaḥ smṛtam
etad vyāptimad eteṣāṃ sarvabhūtāśritaṃ vapuḥ //
Goodness is declared (to have the form of) knowledge, Darkness (of) ignorance, Activity (of) love and hatred; such is the nature of these (three) which is (all-) pervading and clings to everything created.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (7)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manuṭīkā — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Dhyānayogaprakāśa — Lakṣmaṇānandasvāmin, Sanskrit