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 9.108
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶た啶む啶� 啶ぞ啶侧く啷囙い啷� 啶啶む啶班ぞ啶ㄠ 啶溹啶啶粪啶犩 啶啶班ぞ啶む啶ㄠ 啶さ啷�啶じ啶� 啷�
啶啶む啶班さ啶む啶氞ぞ啶た 啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啷囙ぐ啶ㄠ 啶溹啶啶粪啶犩 啶啶班ぞ啶むぐ啶� 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶む 啷� 啷оウ啷� 啷�piteva p膩layet p奴tr膩n jye峁ａ弓ho bhr膩t峁漬 yav墨yasa岣� |
putravatc膩pi varteran jye峁ａ弓he bhr膩tari dharmata岣� || 108 ||The eldest brother shall support his younger brothers, just as the father supports his sons; and the younger brothers, in duty bound, shall behave towards the eldest brother, like sons.鈥�(108)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
They should be supported like sons; but they shall not be deprived of wealth, on the ground of their being of younger age.
They also should look upon him as their father; this is what is meant by the sentence.鈥斺��They shall behave like sons.鈥欌�� (108)
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. 457), which adds the following explanation:鈥擳he eldest brother should take care of the younger brothers, as if he were their father, and he should not separate them;鈥斺��putravat varteran鈥�, they should not entertain feelings of hatred towards him;鈥攊n 痴测补惫补丑腻谤补-叠腻濒补尘产丑补峁弓墨 (pp. 513, 656 and 691);鈥攊n 厂尘峁泃颈肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 90), as attributing the qualities of father and son to the elder and younger brothers respectively;鈥攁nd in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (Vyavah膩ra 172a).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 9.105-110)
See Comparative notes for Verse 9.105.