Manusmriti 9.51
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 9.51
- Language
- Sanskrit
9.51
tathaivākṣetriṇo bījaṃ parakṣetrapravāpiṇaḥ
kurvanti kṣetriṇām arthaṃ na bījī labhate phalam //
Thus men who have no marital property in women, but sow their seed in the soil of others, benefit the owner of the woman; but the giver of the seed reaps no advantage.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English