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 4.148
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶掂啶︵ぞ啶啶ぞ啶膏啶� 啶膏い啶む 啶多啶氞啶� 啶むお啶膏啶� 啶� 啷�
啶呧う啷嵿ぐ啷嬥す啷囙ぃ 啶� 啶啶むぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶溹ぞ啶むた啶� 啶膏啶ぐ啶むた 啶啶班啶掂た啶曕啶 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�ved膩bhy膩sena satata峁� 艣aucena tapasaiva ca |
adrohe峁嘺 ca bh奴t膩n膩峁� j膩ti峁� smarati paurvik墨m || 148 ||By the constant recitation of the Veda, by purification, by austerity, and by doing no harm to living beings, he remembers his previous birth.鈥�(148)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�Adroha鈥欌�攄oing no harm.
鈥�Living beings鈥欌�攎oveable as well as immoveable.
The four acts mentioned bring about their result in the form of the remembrance of previous births; and they are to be performed throughout one鈥檚 life.
鈥�闯腻迟颈鈥欌�攁nother birth.
鈥�笔补耻谤惫颈办墨鈥欌�攆oregoing, previous.鈥�(148).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 229), where 鈥�箩腻迟墨鈥� is explained as 鈥榖irth鈥�;鈥攁nd in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (膧hnika, p. 320).