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 4.17
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶距え啷� 啶ぐ啶苦い啷嵿く啶溹啶︵ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶距え啷� 啶膏啶掂ぞ啶о啶ぞ啶じ啷嵿く 啶掂た啶班啶оた啶ㄠ 啷�
啶ぅ啶� 啶むぅ啶距そ啶о啶ぞ啶く啶傕じ啷嵿い啷� 啶膏ぞ 啶灌啶じ啷嵿く 啶曕啶む啷冟い啷嵿く啶むぞ 啷� 啷оキ 啷�sarv膩n parityajedarth膩n sv膩dhy膩yasya virodhina岣� |
yath膩 tath膩'dhy膩paya峁僺tu s膩 hyasya k峁泃ak峁泃yat膩 || 17 ||He shall relinquish all things impeding study, maintaining himself somehow. This is what constitutes the accomplish ment of his aims.鈥�(17)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
Those things that are likely to obstruct Vedic study should all be relinquished; such acts, for instance, as attending upon the palaces of kings and ministers; as also the act of being overmuch addicted to worldly Affairs, constantly thinking of earning more and more wealth by means of money-lending and such other means, and thereby maintaining his family, and obtaining a prosperous household teeming with male and female slaves.
鈥�This constitutes the accomplishment of his aims鈥欌赌�i.e., of the Accomplished Student. The fact that, carrying on his daily study of the Veda, he maintains his family by some means or other, constitutes his highest success in life,鈥�(17)
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (71.4).鈥斺�楬e shall not do any act that may obstruct Vedic Study.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.121).鈥擺See under 15.]