Manusmriti as a digest of the Hindu Philosophy of Life

In this episode, D.V. Gundappa examines the Manusmriti from the premises set out by Manu himself.

What is Dharma?

THE WORD DHARMA comes of a verbal root dhr which means ‘to uphold,’ ‘to support,’ ‘to maintain.’ It may be defined as that conduct which is calculated to support life, to enrich life, to give meaning and value to life. 

Life is a bilateral activity. Concern for life includes individual man on the one side and all the world on the other sid…