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 7.144
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶曕啶粪い啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啶膏啶� 啶ぐ啷� 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶啶班啶距え啶距ぎ啷囙さ 啶ぞ啶侧え啶 啷�
啶ㄠた啶班啶︵た啶粪啶熰か啶侧き啷嬥啷嵿い啶� 啶灌た 啶班ぞ啶溹ぞ 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啷囙ぃ 啶啶溹啶い啷� 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�k峁triyasya paro dharma岣� praj膩n膩meva p膩lanam |
nirdi峁ａ弓aphalabhokt膩 hi r膩j膩 dharme峁嘺 yujyate || 144 ||The protection of the people is the K峁triya鈥檚 highest duty; the King, who enjoys the fruits mentioned, becomes endowed with merit.鈥�(144)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
The King who enjoys the fruit as it comes to him, 鈥�becomes endowed with merit鈥�. Otherwise, if he did the protection of only those who helped him, he would incur sin.鈥�(144)
Comparative notes by various authors
See the Texts under 112.