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 7.151
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ぇ啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶︵た啶ㄠ啶洁ぐ啷嵿ぇ啶班ぞ啶む啶班 啶掂ぞ 啶掂た啶多啶班ぞ啶ㄠ啶む 啶掂た啶椸い啶曕啶侧ぎ啶� 啷�
啶氞た啶ㄠ啶むく啷囙う啷� 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶曕ぞ啶ぞ啶班啶ムぞ啶ㄠ 啶膏ぞ啶班啶о 啶む啶班啶� 啶忇さ 啶掂ぞ 啷� 啷оカ啷� 啷�madhyandine'rdhar膩tre v膩 vi艣r膩nto vigataklama岣� |
cintayed dharmak膩m膩rth膩n s膩rdha峁� taireka eva v膩 || 151 ||At mid-day or at mid-night, free from fatigue and dulness, he shall deliberate on matters relating to morality, pleasure and wealth, either with them, or alone by himself;鈥�(151)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
He shall ponder over conflicts among the demands of morality, pleasure and wealth. If any one of them were to supervene, success would follow if all the others also were to rise in proportion.鈥�(151)
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. 410);鈥攁nd in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (R膩jan墨ti, p. 159) as laying down the time for holding the Council;鈥攁nd again on p. 317).
Comparative notes by various authors
础谤迟丑补艣腻蝉迟谤补 (p. 39).鈥斺�楬e shall have recourse to only such pleasure as is in consonance with spiritual and material welfare; he shall not deprive himself of pleasure entirely; or he may devote equal attention to all the three; as over-addiction to any one of them ruins the other, etc. Material Welfare is the most important, says Kau峁璱lya; Spiritual Welfare and Pleasure are dependent upon that.鈥�