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 3.80
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶嬥し啶 啶た啶むぐ啷� 啶︵啶掂ぞ 啶啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶い啶苦ぅ啶じ啷嵿い啶ムぞ 啷�
啶嗋ざ啶距じ啶む 啶曕啶熰啶啶た啶啶じ啷嵿い啷囙き啷嵿く啶� 啶曕ぞ啶班啶 啶掂た啶溹ぞ啶ㄠい啶� 啷� 啷ウ 啷�峁涐梗aya岣� pitaro dev膩 bh奴t膩nyatithayastath膩 |
膩艣膩sate ku峁璾mbibhyastebhya岣� k膩rya峁� vij膩nat膩 || 80 ||Sages, Pit峁泂, gods, elementals and guests have expectations from family-men; one who knows should fulfil (one鈥檚 duty) towards them.鈥欌��(80)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
These 鈥�have expectations from family-men,鈥欌赌�i.e., seek to obtain presents from them. 鈥�Expectation鈥� means wishing for help and benefits.
For this reason, one should fulfil towards them鈥攖he gods, &c.鈥攁ll that is enjoined, in the shape of offerings, &c. 鈥�One who knows鈥欌�攖he ordinances of the scriptures.
鈥�Family鈥� stands for wife.
It is not right to disappoint the hopes cherished by even an ordinary man, what to say of the gods, etc.? This is a praise of the 鈥榮acrifices.鈥欌��(80)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (膧hnika, p. 392).
Comparative notes by various authors
叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补 (2.6.35).鈥斺�榃hen he is horn, the Br膩hma峁嘺 is beset with three debts; he repays that to the sages, by means of religious studentship, that to the gods, by means of sacrifice, that to the Pit峁泂, by means of offspring. There are innumerable debt-contracts; the three Vedas, religious studentship, begetting of children, 艣r膩ddha, austerity, and sacrifices,鈥攐ne who performs all this, from him passes off all impurity.鈥�
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (59.29).鈥擺Reproduces Manu.]