Manusmriti 12.62
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.62
- Language
- Sanskrit
12.62
dhānyaṃ hṛtvā bhavaty ākhuḥ kāṃsyaṃ haṃso jalaṃ plavaḥ
madhu daṃśaḥ payaḥ kāko rasaṃ śvā nakulo ghṛtam //
For stealing grain (a man) becomes a rat, for stealing yellow metal a Hamsa, for stealing water a Plava, for stealing honey a stinging insect, for stealing milk a crow, for stealing condiments a dog, for stealing clarified butter an ichneumon;
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English