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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 ‘Dharma�, 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...

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

वासांस� मृतचैलान� भिन्नभाण्डेष� भोजनम् �
कार्ष्णायसमलङ्कारः परिव्रज्या � नित्यश� � ५२ �

vāsāṃsi mṛtacailāni bhinnabhāṇḍeṣu bhojanam |
kārṣṇāyasamalaṅkāra� parivrajyā ca nityaśa� || 52 ||

The clothes of dead bodies shall be their dress; they shall eat in broken dishes; their ornaments shall be of iron, and they shall be constantly wandering.�(52)

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

They shall be always wandering; not remaining at any one place.�(52)

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