Manusmriti 12.70
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.70
- Language
- Sanskrit
12.70
svebhyaḥ svebhyas tu karmabhyaś cyutā varṇā hy anāpadi
pāpān saṃsṛtya saṃsārān preṣyatāṃ yānti //
But (men of the four) castes who have relinquished without the pressure of necessity their proper occupations, will become the servants of Dasyus, after migrating into despicable bodies.
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 (1)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English