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 4.232
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ぞ啶ㄠざ啶啶ぞ啶啶班う啷� 啶ぞ啶班啶ぞ啶啶多啶掂ぐ啷嵿く啶き啶お啷嵿ぐ啶︵ 啷�
啶оぞ啶ㄠ啶う啶� 啶多ぞ啶多啶掂い啶� 啶膏啶栢啶 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶︵ 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶膏ぞ啶班啶粪啶熰た啶むぞ啶 啷� 啷ㄠォ啷� 啷�y膩na艣ayy膩prado bh膩ry膩mai艣varyamabhayaprada岣� |
dh膩nyada岣� 艣膩艣vata峁� saukhya峁� brahmado 产谤补丑尘补蝉腻谤峁ａ弓颈迟腻尘 || 232 ||The giver or carriage and couch obtains a wife, the giver of fearlessness sovereignty, the giver of grains eternal happiness, and the giver of the Veda equality with Brahman.鈥�(232)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�Sovereignly,鈥欌�� the position of the master, lordship,
鈥�Happiness鈥欌�攂eing happy.
鈥�Grains鈥欌�攕uch as Vr墨hi, M膩峁, Mudga, and so forth. In connection with the giving of sesamum, another result has been described.
鈥�Brahman鈥� means Veda; 鈥�峁涐梗峁璱鈥� is condition;鈥斺赌�蝉腻峁涐梗峁璱鈥� is one who has the same condition;鈥攖he change of 鈥�蝉补尘腻苍补鈥� into 鈥�sa鈥� being the Vedic form;鈥斺赌�峁涐梗峁璱鈥� is derived from the root 鈥�峁涐梗颈,鈥� to 鈥榞o;鈥欌�攐r 鈥�蝉腻峁涐梗峁璱鈥� may mean the character of acting. In another case, the meaning is that he obtains 鈥榚quality鈥� with鈥攖he same condition of existence as鈥擝rahman.鈥�(232)
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 (膧c膩ra, p. 177);鈥攊n 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 386);鈥攊n 厂尘峁泃颈迟补迟迟惫补 (II, p. 364);鈥攊n 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (D膩na, p. 152), which explains 鈥�产谤补丑尘补蝉腻谤峁ａ弓颈迟腻尘鈥� as the 鈥榗ondition of a Br膩hma峁嘺鈥�;鈥攁nd in 顿腻苍补办谤颈测腻办补耻尘耻诲墨 (p. 66).
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (92.19.22, 27).鈥斺�楤y the giving of grains, satisfaction and good luck; by the giving of a couch, a wife.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (2.211).鈥斺�楤y giving away a house, grains, fearlessness, shoes, umbrellas, garlands, unguents, conveyances, trees, highly desirable objects (like spiritual merit) and conches,鈥攐ne becomes extremely happy.鈥�
痴补艣颈峁ａ弓丑补 (29.12).鈥斺�楤y the giving of couches and seats one obtains sovereignty over his inner apartments.鈥�