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 9.308
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶掂ぐ啷佮ぃ啷囙え 啶ぅ啶� 啶ぞ啶多啶班啶う啷嵿ぇ 啶忇さ啶距き啶苦う啷冟ざ啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶むぅ啶� 啶ぞ啶ぞ啶ㄠ啶ㄠた啶椸啶灌啶｀啶ぞ啶︵ 啶掂啶班い啶啶むう啷� 啶灌た 啶掂ぞ啶班啶｀ぎ啷� 啷� 啷┼ウ啷� 啷�varu峁噀na yath膩 p膩艣airbaddha ev膩bhid峁浥泍ate |
tath膩 p膩p膩nnig峁沨峁嚹珁膩d vratametad hi v膩ru峁嘺m || 308 ||As one is always found bound up with ropes by 痴补谤耻峁嘺, even so shall the king punish the wicked; this is the function of 痴补谤耻峁嘺.鈥�(308)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
Without distinction, all offenders should be punished, and not allowed to escape.鈥�(308)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (R膩jan墨ti, p. 19).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 9.301-312)