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 12.6
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ぞ啶班啶粪啶ぎ啶ㄠ啶む 啶氞啶� 啶啶多啶ㄠ啶 啶氞ぞ啶た 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶多 啷�
啶呧じ啶啶う啷嵿ぇ啶啶班げ啶距お啶多啶� 啶掂ぞ啶權啶く啶� 啶膏啶ぞ啶氞啶氞い啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啶苦ぇ啶 啷� 啷� 啷�p膩ru峁aman峁泃a峁� caiva pai艣unya峁� c膩pi sarva艣a岣� |
asambaddhapral膩pa艣ca v膩峁卪aya峁� sy膩ccaturvidham || 6 ||Abusing, lying, calumniating all men, and idle prattling,鈥攁re the pour kinds of 鈥榲erbal action.鈥欌��(6)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Abusing鈥欌�攗ttering of words causing pain to others.
鈥�Calumniating鈥欌�攄etracting from the merits of others, on account of jealousy.
鈥�Idle prattling鈥� and鈥�telling an untruth.鈥欌��(6)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 692);鈥攊n 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 998);鈥攊n 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (Pr膩ya艣citta 41a);鈥攊n 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (K膩la, p. 632);鈥攁nd in 厂尘峁泃颈蝉腻谤辞诲诲丑腻谤补 (p. 88).
Comparative notes by various authors
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (3.134).鈥斺�楾he man who is a liar, or a backbiter, or harsh in speech, or talks irrelevantly, is born among animals and birds.鈥�