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 9.310
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶啶班い啶距お啶啶曕啶むじ啷嵿い啷囙啶膏啶掂 啶ㄠた啶む啶 啶膏啶ぞ啶む 啶ぞ啶啶班啶じ啷� 啷�
啶︵啶粪啶熰じ啶距ぎ啶ㄠ啶むす啶苦啶膏啶班ざ啷嵿 啶むう啶距啷嵿え啷囙く啶� 啶掂啶班い啶� 啶膏啶啶むぎ啷� 啷� 啷┼ェ啷� 啷�prat膩payuktastejasv墨 nitya峁� sy膩t p膩pakarmasu |
du峁ａ弓as膩mantahi峁僺ra艣ca tad膩gneya峁� vrata峁� sm峁泃am || 310 ||He shall always be endowed with brilliant energy and ardent in his wrath against offenders; he shall exterminate his disaffected vassals; this is the function of agni.鈥�(310)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
The function of fire is that it is furious and consuming against the wicked. 鈥�Vassals鈥欌赌�i.e., ministers and others endowed with riches.鈥�(310)
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)