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 7.120
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶む啶粪ぞ啶� 啶椸啶班ぞ啶啶ぞ啶｀た 啶曕ぞ啶班啶ぞ啶ㄠた 啶啶ム啷嵿啶距ぐ啷嵿く啶距ぃ啶� 啶氞啶� 啶灌た 啷�
啶班ぞ啶溹啶炧啶洁え啷嵿く啶� 啶膏啶苦さ啶� 啶膏啶ㄠた啶椸啶оじ啷嵿い啶距え啶� 啶ざ啷嵿く啷囙う啶むえ啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶苦い啶� 啷� 啷оエ啷� 啷�te峁Ｄ佱箖 gr膩my膩峁噄 k膩ry膩ni 辫峁泃丑补办办腻谤测腻峁噄 caiva hi |
r膩j帽o'nya岣� saciva岣� snigdhast膩ni pa艣yedatandrita岣� || 120 ||The affairs of these officers pertaining to the villages, as also their individual affairs another minister of the King shall inspect, who is loyal and never idle.鈥�(120)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
There may be differences of opinion among these officers regarding the affairs of the villages.
鈥�Another鈥欌�攕ome one other than those under whose sphere of duties those affairs fall;鈥斺��minister鈥欌�攐f superior status;鈥斺��loyal鈥欌�攆ree from undue love and hate,鈥攕hould be appointed for inspecting those affairs.鈥�(120)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
鈥�笔峁泃丑补办办腻谤测腻峁噄鈥欌�斺�楺uarrels among each other鈥� (N膩r膩ya峁嘺);鈥斺�榯he separate affairs of the villagers鈥� (Nandana),
鈥�厂苍颈驳诲丑补岣�鈥欌�斺�業mpartial鈥� (Medh膩t铆th墨);鈥斺�榣oyal to the king鈥� (Kull奴ka).
This verse is quoted in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (R膩jan墨ti, p. 249), which explains 鈥�辫峁泃丑补办办腻谤测腻峁噄鈥� as 鈥榪uarrels among themselves鈥�;鈥攊t notes that if we adopted the reading 鈥�辫峁泃丑补办办腻测腻苍颈,鈥� the meaning would be 鈥榤atters on which there is a difference of opinion among them.鈥�
Comparative notes by various authors
惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (12.87, 9-10).鈥斺�楢 minister conversant with the Law shall supervise the doings of all these village-lords.鈥�
痴颈峁ａ箛耻诲丑补谤尘辞迟迟补谤补 (痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补-R膩jan墨ti, p. 249).鈥斺�業n accordance with their duties, he shall make divisions and sub-divisions among them; and he shall always have their work inspected through spies.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.336-338).鈥斺�楬aving learnt all about the work of the officers appointed in the kingdom, through his spies, the king shall honour the honest and punish the dishonest; those addicted to bribery be shall banish after confiscating their property, and he shall retain the Vedic scholars with due honour and gifts.鈥�