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 12.25
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶 啶う啷囙し啶距 啶椸啶｀ 啶︵啶灌 啶膏ぞ啶曕げ啷嵿く啷囙え啶距い啶苦ぐ啶苦啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶� 啶むう啶� 啶むう啷嵿啷佮ぃ啶啶班ぞ啶 啶む 啶曕ぐ啷嬥い啶� 啶多ぐ啷�啶班た啶｀ぎ啷� 啷� 啷ㄠカ 啷�yo yade峁Ｄ佱箖 gu峁噊 dehe s膩kalyen膩tiricyate |
sa tad膩 tadgu峁嘺pr膩ya峁� ta峁� karoti 艣ar墨ri峁嘺m || 25 ||Whichsoever of these qualities wholly predominates in a body, it makes the owner of that body abound in that quality.鈥�(25)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
Though every entity is possessed of the three qualities, yet if any one of these should happen to 鈥�wholly鈥欌赌攅苍迟颈谤别濒测鈥斺赌�predominate鈥欌�攅xceed others鈥攊n a body, on account of the influence of his past deeds, that quality suppresses every other quality of that person; hence, the owner of that body comes to 鈥�abound in that quality鈥�; that is, in his character, he shows signs of that quality and abandons in the other qualities.鈥�(25)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (Pr膩ya艣citta p. 487);鈥攁nd in 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (Pr膩ya艣citta, 40b.)