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 9.309
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ぐ啶苦お啷傕ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶� 啶ぅ啶� 啶氞え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶︵啶粪啶熰啶掂ぞ 啶灌啶粪啶え啷嵿い啶� 啶ぞ啶ㄠさ啶距 啷�
啶むぅ啶� 啶啶班啷冟い啶 啶じ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷� 啶� 啶氞ぞ啶ㄠ啶︵啶班さ啷嵿ぐ啶むた啶曕 啶ㄠ啶 啷� 啷┼ウ啷� 啷�parip奴r峁嘺峁� yath膩 candra峁� d峁涐梗峁璿膩 h峁涐梗yanti m膩nav膩岣� |
tath膩 prak峁泃ayo yasmin sa c膩ndravratiko n峁沺a岣� || 309 ||The people rejoice at seeing the full moon; the king at whose appearance the people rejoice in that manner is a king who fulfills the functions of the moon.鈥�(309)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
What this means is that at the time that the King is seeing his people he shall be free from anger, joyous in countenance^ and wearing fine dresses and ornaments.
The people 鈥�rejoice鈥� at seeing the King,鈥�i.e., all their sorrows disappear.鈥�(309)
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)