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 9.51
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶むぅ啷堗さ啶距啷嵿し啷囙い啷嵿ぐ啶苦ぃ啷� 啶啶溹 啶ぐ啶曕啶粪啶む啶班お啷嵿ぐ啶掂ぞ啶た啶｀ 啷�
啶曕啶班啶掂え啷嵿い啶� 啶曕啶粪啶む啶班た啶｀ぞ啶ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶� 啶� 啶啶溹 啶侧き啶む 啶げ啶 啷� 啷ェ 啷�tathaiv膩k峁tri峁噊 b墨ja峁� parak峁traprav膩pi峁嘺岣� |
kurvanti k峁tri峁嚹乵artha峁� na b墨j墨 labhate phalam || 51 ||Similarly persons who have no 鈥榮oil鈥� of their own鈥攊f they sow in the 鈥榮oil鈥� belonging to another man, they confer benefit upon the owner of the 鈥榮oil,鈥� and the owner of the seed reaps no fruit.鈥�(51).
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
This is a continuation of what has gone before.
Just as in the case of the cows, and also in that of immoveable property, so among human beings also, the sowers of the seed 鈥�confer the benefit upon鈥欌�攁ccomplish the purposes of鈥攖he owner of the soil.鈥�(51)
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. 579);鈥攁nd in 痴测补惫补丑腻谤补-叠腻濒补尘产丑补峁弓墨 (p. 521).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 9.48-56)
See Comparative notes for Verse 9.48.