Manava Dharmashastra 5.39
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 5.39
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.39
yajñārthaṃ paśavaḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayam eva svayaṃbhuvā
yajño 'sya bhūtyai sarvasya tasmād yajñe vadho 'vadhaḥ //
Svayambhu (the Self-existent) himself created animals for the sake of sacrifices; sacrifices (have been instituted) for the good of this whole (world); hence the slaughtering (of beasts) for sacrifices is not slaughtering (in the ordinary sense of the word).
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (7)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manuṭīkā — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manuvākyālaṅkāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey — Jagdish Chandra Jain, English