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 10.71
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶呧啷嵿し啷囙い啷嵿ぐ啷� 啶啶溹ぎ啷佮い啷嵿じ啷冟し啷嵿啶え啷嵿い啶班啶� 啶掂た啶ㄠざ啷嵿く啶むた 啷�
啶呧が啷�啶溹啶お啶� 啶曕啶粪啶む啶班 啶曕啶掂げ啶� 啶膏啶ムぃ啷嵿ぁ啶苦げ啶� 啶さ啷囙い啷� 啷� 啷ェ 啷�ak峁tre b墨jamuts峁涐梗峁璦mantaraiva vina艣yati |
ab墨jakamapi k峁tra峁� kevala峁� stha峁囜笉ila峁� bhavet || 71 ||The seed sown on barren soil perishes prematurely; and soil without the seed would be a mere barren plot.鈥�(71)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�础办峁迟谤补鈥欌�攂arren ground.
鈥�Sown鈥欌�攖hrown in.
鈥�Perishes prematurely鈥欌�攚ithout yielding any harvest.
鈥�Without seed鈥欌�攐r sown with bad seed,鈥攖he soil is only a 鈥�barren plot鈥欌�攁n uncultivated land; and from this also no harvest is obtained.鈥�(71)
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 10.66-73)