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 9.128
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶呧え啷囙え 啶む 啶掂た啶оぞ啶ㄠ啶� 啶啶班ぞ 啶氞啷嵿ぐ啷囙そ啶� 啶啶む啶班た啶曕ぞ啶� 啷�
啶掂た啶掂啶︵啶о啶ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶� 啶膏啶掂さ啶傕ざ啶膏啶� 啶膏啶掂く啶� 啶︵啷嵿し啶� 啶啶班啶距お啶むた啶� 啷� 啷оエ啷� 啷�anena tu vidh膩nena pur膩 cakre'tha putrik膩岣� |
viv峁沝dhyartha峁� svava峁兣沘sya svaya峁� dak峁岣� praj膩pati岣� || 128 ||In ancient times Dak峁 Praj膩pati himself made 鈥榓ppointed daughters鈥� in this same manner, for the purpose of multiplying his race.鈥�(128)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
Praj膩pati Dak峁, who was fully conversant with the law relating to the procreation of offspring, is here cited as an example.
This is a declamatory assertion of the nature of 鈥�笔补谤补办峁泃颈.鈥� 鈥楾radition鈥� of Practice.鈥�(128)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 痴测补惫补丑腻谤补-叠腻濒补尘产丑补峁弓墨 (p. 654), and in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (Vyavah膩ra 185a).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 9.127-129, 9.132-133)
See Comparative notes for Verse 9.127.