Manusmriti

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कर्मणां च विवेकार्थं धर्माधर्मौ व्यवेचयत् । द्वन्द्वैरयोजयच्चैमाः सुखदुःखादिभिः प्रजाः ॥ २६ ॥

Moreover, in order to distinguish actions, he separated merit from demerit, and he caused the creatures to be affected by the pairs (of opposites), such as pain and pleasure.

english translation

karmaNAM ca vivekArthaM dharmAdharmau vyavecayat | dvandvairayojayaccaimAH sukhaduHkhAdibhiH prajAH || 26 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अण्व्यो मात्रा विनाशिन्यो दशार्धानां तु याः स्मृताः । ताभिः सार्धमिदं सर्वं सम्भवत्यनुपूर्वशः ॥ २७ ॥

But with the minute perishable particles of the five (elements) which have been mentioned, this whole (world) is framed in due order.

english translation

aNvyo mAtrA vinAzinyo dazArdhAnAM tu yAH smRtAH | tAbhiH sArdhamidaM sarvaM sambhavatyanupUrvazaH || 27 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

यं तु कर्मणि यस्मिन् स न्ययुङ्क्त प्रथमं प्रभुः । स तदेव स्वयं भेजे सृज्यमानः पुनः पुनः ॥ २८ ॥

But to whatever course of action the Lord at first appointed each (kind of beings), that alone it has spontaneously adopted in each succeeding creation.

english translation

yaM tu karmaNi yasmin sa nyayuGkta prathamaM prabhuH | sa tadeva svayaM bheje sRjyamAnaH punaH punaH || 28 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

यथर्तुलिङ्गान्यर्तवः स्वयमेवर्तुपर्यये । स्वानि स्वान्यभिपद्यन्ते तथा कर्माणि देहिनः ॥ ३० ॥

Whatever he assigned to each at the (first) creation, noxiousness or harmlessness, gentleness or ferocity, virtue or sin, truth or falsehood, that clung (afterwards) spontaneously to it.

english translation

yathartuliGgAnyartavaH svayamevartuparyaye | svAni svAnyabhipadyante tathA karmANi dehinaH || 30 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript

यथर्तुलिङ्गान्यर्तवः स्वयमेवर्तुपर्यये । स्वानि स्वान्यभिपद्यन्ते तथा कर्माणि देहिनः ॥ ३० ॥

As at the change of the seasons each season of its own accord assumes its distinctive marks, even so corporeal beings (resume in new births) their (appointed) course of action.

english translation

yathartuliGgAnyartavaH svayamevartuparyaye | svAni svAnyabhipadyante tathA karmANi dehinaH || 30 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript