Manusmriti 12.86
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 12.86
- Language
- Sanskrit
12.86
ṣaṇṇām eṣāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ karmaṇāṃ pretya ceha ca
śreyaskarataraṃ jñeyaṃ sarvadā karma vaidikam //
Among those six (kinds of) actions (enumerated) above, the performance of) the acts taught in the Veda must ever be held to be most efficacious for ensuring happiness in this world and the next.
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