Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi
by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 1,381,940 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553
This is the English translation of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of Sanskrit verses dealing with 鈥楧harma鈥�, a collective name for human purpose, their duties and the law. Various topics will be dealt with, but this volume of the series includes 12 discourses (adhyaya). The commentary on this text by Medhatithi elaborately explains various t...
Verse 3.165
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶嗋啶距ぐ啶灌啶ㄠ 啶曕啶侧啶ざ啷嵿 啶ㄠた啶む啶 啶ぞ啶氞え啶曕じ啷嵿い啶ムぞ 啷�
啶曕啶粪た啶溹啶掂 啶多啶侧啶う啷� 啶� 啶膏う啷嵿き啶苦ぐ啷嵿え啶苦え啷嵿う啶苦い 啶忇さ 啶� 啷� 啷оガ啷� 啷�膩c膩rah墨na岣� kl墨ba艣ca nitya峁� y膩canakastath膩 |
k峁涐梗ij墨v墨 艣l墨pad墨 ca sadbhirnindita eva ca || 165 ||One devoid of right conduct, the man without vigour, the constant beggar, he who lives by agriculture, one suffering from elephantiasis, and he who is spoken ill of by good men.鈥�(165)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�Right conduct鈥� stands here for the ordinary acts of courtesy, such as offering worship to persons coming to one鈥檚 house, and so forth;鈥攈e who is devoid of this.
鈥�Without vigour鈥欌赌�i.e., with very little energy; who has lost all enthusiasm for doing his duties.
鈥�Constant beggar鈥欌赌攐ne who is always begging, he who teases people by his begging; it is in the very nature of things that begging should displease the person bagged from. The term 鈥�测腻肠补苍补办补岣�鈥� is formed with the 鈥�yu鈥� affix, according to P膩峁噄ni 3.1.134, and then the reflexive 鈥�办补鈥� added to it.
鈥�He who lives by agriculture鈥欌赌攂y doing the cultivating himself; or even by the cultivating done by others, if other means of living are available.
鈥�One suffering form elephantiasis鈥欌赌攚hose one leg is thicker than the other,
鈥�He who is spoken ill of by good men鈥欌赌攖he unfortunate man, who is despised by good men, even without doing anything wrong.鈥�(165)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted without comment in 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (膧c膩ra, p. 688);鈥攊n 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (艢r膩ddha, p. 482);鈥攁nd in 艢谤腻诲诲丑补办谤颈测腻办补耻尘耻诲墨 (p. 40).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 3.150-166)
See Comparative notes for Verse 3.150.