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 10.121
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶多啶︵啶班じ啷嵿い啷� 啶掂啶む啶むた啶ぞ啶曕ぞ啶權啶曕啶粪え啷� 啶曕啶粪い啷嵿ぐ啶ぞ啶班ぞ啶оく啷囙う啷� 啶う啶� 啷�
啶оえ啶苦え啶� 啶掂ぞ啶洁お啷嵿く啷佮お啶距ぐ啶距ぇ啷嵿く 啶掂啶多啶 啶多啶︵啶班 啶溹た啶溹啶掂た啶粪啶む 啷� 啷оエ啷� 啷�艣奴drastu v峁泃tim膩k膩峁卥峁n k峁tram膩r膩dhayed yadi |
dhanina峁� v膩'pyup膩r膩dhya vai艣ya峁� 艣奴dro jij墨vi峁t || 121 ||The 艢奴诲谤补, seeking a livelihood, may serve the 碍峁迟谤颈测补; or the 艢奴诲谤补 may seek to subsist by serving a wealthy Vai艣ya.鈥�(121)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
If the 艢奴诲谤补 be in want of a livelihood, he may serve the 碍峁迟谤颈测补. This means that the serving of the 碍峁迟谤颈测补 will serve only as a means of subsistence, and will not bring any merit; which means that the serving of a Br膩hma峁嘺 accomplishes both purposes.
Similarly he may make a living by serving a wealthy Vai艣ya.鈥�(121)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 161).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 10.121-122)
Gautama (10.56).鈥斺�楽erving the higher castes (is the duty of the 艢奴诲谤补).鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.120).鈥斺�楢ttending on the twice-born is the occupation for the 艢奴诲谤补; not gaining a living by that means, he shall become a trader, or live by means of the various arts, always working for the welfare of the twice-born.鈥�