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 12.26
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶� 啶溹啶炧ぞ啶ㄠ 啶むぎ啷嬥そ啶溹啶炧ぞ啶ㄠ 啶班ぞ啶椸う啷嵿さ啷囙し啷� 啶班啶� 啶膏啶啶むぎ啷� 啷�
啶忇い啶︵ 啶掂啶ぞ啶啶むた啶う啷囙い啷囙し啶距 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶啶むぞ啶多啶班た啶む 啶掂お啷佮 啷� 啷ㄠガ 啷�sattva峁� j帽膩na峁� tamo'j帽膩na峁� r膩gadve峁u raja岣� sm峁泃am |
etad vy膩ptimadete峁Ｄ佱箖 sarvabh奴t膩艣rita峁� vapu岣� || 26 ||鈥楽attva鈥� has been declared to be Knowledge, 鈥楾amas,鈥� to be Ignorance, and 鈥楻ajas,鈥� to be Love and Hate;鈥攕uch is the nature of these, all-pervading and interpenetrating all beings.鈥�(26)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
Such in general is the character of these, pervading over all living beings.
鈥�Knowledge鈥欌赌攃辞驳苍颈迟颈辞苍.
鈥�础箩帽补苍补,鈥� 鈥�Ignorance鈥欌�攕tands for Delusion; not for the unconsciousness caused by intoxication, swoon or such other causes.
鈥�Rajas鈥� has a two-fold character; the two terms 鈥�rajas鈥� and 鈥�tamas,鈥� being indicative of two distinct characteristics.
Those who are influenced by knowledge and wisdom are never affected by too much anger, nor are they ever careless.
鈥�痴补辫耻岣�,鈥� 鈥�nature鈥欌�攃haracter.鈥擳his is all-pervading, because the seed of impressions is never destroyed, lasting as it does till one has attained Brahman鈥�(26)
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.)