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 12.57
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶侧啶むぞ啶洁す啶苦じ啶班啶距え啶距 啶� 啶むた啶班ざ啷嵿啶距 啶氞ぞ啶啶啶氞ぞ啶班た啶｀ぞ啶 啷�
啶灌た啶傕じ啷嵿ぐ啶距ぃ啶距 啶� 啶た啶多ぞ啶氞ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶膏啶む啶ㄠ 啶掂た啶啶班 啶膏す啶膏啶班ざ啶� 啷� 啷キ 啷�濒奴迟腻'hisara峁乶膩峁� ca tira艣c膩峁� c膩mbuc膩ri峁嚹乵 |
hi峁僺r膩峁嚹佱箖 ca pi艣膩c膩n膩峁� steno vipra岣� sahasra艣a岣� || 57 ||The 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 who steals gold shall (enter) a thousand times into the womb of the spider, the snake, the lizard, of aquatic animals or of carnivorous 笔颈艣腻肠补蝉.鈥�(57)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
[The 叠丑腻峁补 has nothing to say on this.]
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (3.208), which explains 鈥�濒奴迟腻鈥� as the spider, and 鈥�蝉补谤补峁璦鈥� as the lizard;鈥攁nd in 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (Pr膩ya艣citta, p. 511).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 12.53-59)
See Comparative notes for Verse 12.53.