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 8.403
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶む啶侧ぞ啶ぞ啶ㄠ 啶啶班い啷�啶ぞ啶ㄠ 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶� 啶� 啶膏啶ぞ啶む 啶膏啶侧啷嵿し啶苦い啶 啷�
啶粪啷嵿じ啷� 啶粪啷嵿じ啷� 啶� 啶ぞ啶膏啶粪 啶啶ㄠぐ啷囙さ 啶ぐ啷�啶曕啶粪く啷囙い啷� 啷� 啷ウ啷� 啷�tul膩m膩na峁� prat墨m膩na峁� sarva峁� ca sy膩t sulak峁tam |
峁峁璼u 峁峁璼u ca m膩se峁 punareva par墨k峁yet || 403 ||Scales, weights and measures should be duly marked; and they should be re-examined after every six months.鈥�(403)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Scales鈥欌�攚ell known.
鈥�Weights鈥欌�擲eer, 2½ seers and so forth.
鈥�Measures鈥欌�攚hereby gold and other similar things are weighed.
All this should be duly marked鈥攚ith the royal sign鈥攐n all sides; the king should himself examine them and mark them with his own seal.
After every six months he should have them re-examined by his officers, so that no one might tamper with them.鈥�(403)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 痴颈惫腻诲补谤补迟苍腻办补谤补 (p. 301), which explains 鈥�辫谤补迟颈尘腻苍补尘鈥� as prices of stone and other materials stamped with a royal mark, which are used for determining the exact weight of gold;鈥攁nd in 痴测补惫补丑补谤腻-叠腻濒补尘产丑补峁弓墨 (p. 940).
Comparative notes by various authors
艢补峁卥丑补-尝颈办丑颈迟补.鈥�(See above, under 402.)
痴补艣颈峁ａ弓丑补 (19.13).鈥斺�楾he measures and weights of objects necessary for the household must be guarded against falsification.鈥�
艢耻办谤补苍墨迟颈 (1.619).鈥斺�楢ll measures should be definitely fixed and examined by the King.鈥�
础谤迟丑补艣腻蝉迟谤补 (I, p. 256).鈥斺�楾he officer in charge of weights and measures shall see to the setting up of instruments for measurement.鈥�