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 6.67
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶げ啶� 啶曕い啶曕さ啷冟啷嵿し啶膏啶� 啶う啷嵿く啶啶ぎ啷嵿が啷佮お啷嵿ぐ啶膏ぞ啶︵啶 啷�
啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶啷嵿ぐ啶灌ぃ啶距う啷囙さ 啶むじ啷嵿く 啶掂ぞ啶班た 啶啶班じ啷�啶︵い啶� 啷� 啷キ 啷�phala峁� katakav峁沰峁sya yadyapyambupras膩dakam |
na n膩magraha峁嚹乨eva tasya v膩ri pras墨dati || 67 ||Though the fruit of the Kataka tree clarifies water, yet water does not become clear by the mere mention of its name.鈥�(67)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
When the fruit of the kataka tree is put in dirty water, the water becomes clarified, takes the clear form. But it does not become clear by the mere mention of the name of that fruit; it needs action. Similarly, the wearing of external marks is like the pronouncing of the name of the fruit; and success is attained, not by that wearing alone, but by the due fulfilment of such duties as 鈥榬esting in solitude鈥�, 鈥榤editation鈥�, 鈥榚qual-mindedness towards all beings鈥� and so forth.
This verse is a laudatory supplement to what has gone before.鈥�(67)
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 6.66-67)
See Comparative notes for Verse 6.66.