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 7.83
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶� 啶む 啶膏啶む啶ㄠぞ 啶� 啶氞ぞ啶た啶む啶班ぞ 啶灌ぐ啶ㄠ啶むた 啶� 啶� 啶ㄠざ啷嵿く啶むた 啷�
啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶距う啷� 啶班ぞ啶溹啶炧ぞ 啶ㄠた啶оぞ啶むさ啷嵿く啷� 啶啶班ぞ啶灌啶ぃ啷囙し啷嵿さ啶曕啶粪く啷� 啶ㄠた啶оた啶� 啷� 啷ォ 啷�na ta峁� sten膩 na c膩mitr膩 haranti na ca na艣yati |
tasm膩d r膩j帽膩 nidh膩tavyo br膩hma峁噀峁ak峁yo nidhi岣� || 83 ||Neither thieves, nor enemies take it away; nor does it perish; hence this inexhaustible treasure shall be deposited by the king with the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉.鈥�(83)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
The wealth that is given away to 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉, that 鈥榥o thieves鈥欌�攆orest-robbers鈥攃an take away; enemies also cannot take it. Nor does it become lost鈥攅ither in the form of treasure buried underground, of which the exact position cannot be recalled, or in the form of security.鈥�(83)
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 7.82-83)
See Comparative notes for Verse 7.82.