Manusmriti 12.52
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.52
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- Sanskrit
12.52
indriyāṇāṃ prasaṅgena dharmasyāsevanena ca
pāpān saṃyānti saṃsārān avidvāṃso narādhamāḥ //
In consequence of attachment to (the objects of) the senses, and in consequence of the non-performance of their duties, fools, the lowest of men, reach the vilest births.
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 (2)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English
- Social and Rural Economy of Northern India, cir. 600 B.C.–200 A.D. — Bose 1942, English