The Manusmriti casts its sacred lineтАФ
A cosmic law through mortal voice revealed,
Where truth and order in the Atma are sealed.
From BrahmanтАЩs breath to earthly caste and creed,
It charts the path of thought, of word, of deed.
Not chains of fate, but mirrors of the mind,
Where karmaтАЩs justice flows, serene, refined.
The stages of the life it gently frames,
From studentтАЩs fire to hermitтАЩs cooling flames.
It speaks of duty, love, restraint, and grace,
Of AtmaтАЩs journey through the time-bound space.
Yet not without its shadows, myths, and scarsтАФ
A text of stars, but also binding bars.
So read with heart, with wisdomтАЩs tempered eye,
To lift the truths and let the falsehoods die.