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 10.76
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶粪ぃ啷嵿ぃ啶距 啶む 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶｀ぞ啶じ啷嵿く 啶む啶班啶｀た 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距ぃ啶� 啶溹啶掂た啶曕ぞ 啷�
啶ぞ啶溹え啶距ぇ啷嵿く啶距お啶ㄠ 啶氞啶� 啶掂た啶多啶︵啶оぞ啶氞啶� 啶啶班い啶苦啷嵿ぐ啶灌 啷� 啷ガ 啷�峁峁囜箛腻峁� tu karma峁嚹錷asya tr墨峁噄 karm腻峁噄 j墨vik腻 |
y腻jan腻dhy腻pane caiva vi艣uddh腻cca pratigraha岣� || 76 ||From among these six functions, three are his means of livelihood: viz., sacrificing for others, Teaching and Receiving gifts from pure men.鈥�(76)
Medh腻tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh腻峁a):
The division of the functions into groups of three is for a distinct purpose. One group of three has been put forward as serving (temporal) ends, while the other is conducive to invisible (spiritual) ends.
鈥�Pure鈥欌�� Not. addicted to sinful deeds.
鈥淏ut the 艢奴dra also could be pure.鈥�
Why should you have an aversion to that.?
鈥淚t would he contrary to other 厂尘峁泃颈 texts, where it is laid down that 鈥榯he Br腻hma峁嘺s feed at the house of, and receive gifts from, such twice-born persons as are praiseworthy for their actions.鈥� In face of this the present text should be explained in such a manner as to avoid the contradiction of those other texts. For so long as a reconciliation of varying texts is possible, it is not right to admit of such contradiction.鈥�
As a matter of fact, the present text is merely reiterative; the real injunction having gone before, in such texts as鈥斺�榟e shall seek to obtain wealth from K峁triyas, etc., etc.鈥� (4.33).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in. 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补, (p. 215);鈥攊n 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻, (1.118) to the effect that three out of the six functions are conducive to merit and these are to be practised as means of livelihood; so that while the former are obligatory, the latter are not so;鈥攊n Par 腻 艣补谤补尘 腻 dhava (膧c腻ra, p. 140), to the same effect;鈥攊n Vyavah腻ra-B腻lambha峁弓墨, (p. 424);鈥攁nd in Sa峁僺k腻ramay奴kha (p. 122).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 10.74-76)
See Comparative notes for Verse 10.74.