Manusmriti 12.42
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.42
- Language
- Sanskrit
12.42
sthāvarāḥ kṛmikīṭāś ca matsyāḥ sarpāḥ sakacchapāḥ
paśavaś ca mṛgāś caiva jaghanyā tāmasī gatiḥ //
Immovable (beings), insects, both small and great, fishes, snakes, and tortoises, cattle and wild animals, are the lowest conditions to which (the quality of) Darkness leads.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- The Religions of India — Hopkins 1895, English