Manusmriti 12.56
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.56
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- Sanskrit
12.56
kṛmikīṭapataṅgānāṃ viḍbhujāṃ caiva pakṣiṇām
hiṃsrāṇāṃ caiva sattvānāṃ surāpo brāhmaṇo vrajet //
A Brahmana who drinks (the spirituous liquor called) Sura shall enter (the bodies) of small and large insects, of moths, of birds, feeding on ordure, and of destructive beasts.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit