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 12.40
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶︵啶掂い啷嵿さ啶� 啶膏ぞ啶む啶む啶掂た啶曕ぞ 啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶むた 啶え啷佮し啷嵿く啶む啶掂 啶� 啶班ぞ啶溹じ啶距 啷�
啶むた啶班啶啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶� 啶むぞ啶じ啶� 啶ㄠた啶む啶ぎ啶苦い啷嵿く啷囙し啶� 啶む啶班た啶掂た啶оぞ 啶椸い啶苦 啷� 啷ウ 啷�devatva峁� s膩ttvik膩 y膩nti manu峁atva峁� ca r膩jas膩岣� |
tiryaktva峁� t膩mas膩 nityamitye峁Ｄ� trividh膩 gati岣� || 40 ||Those partaking of 鈥楽attva鈥� reach the state of the gods, those endowed with 鈥楻ajas,鈥� the state of men, and those characterised by 鈥楾amas,鈥� the state of beasts; such is the threefold migratory state.鈥�(40)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
This verse indicates in general the states of existence brought about by the three qualities.鈥�(40)
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. 698);鈥攊n 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (Praya艣citta, p. 488);鈥攁nd in 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (Pr膩ya艣citta 41a.)
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 12.32-51)
See Comparative notes for Verse 12.32.