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 10.122
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶膏啶掂ぐ啷嵿啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶啶く啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶� 啶掂ぞ 啶掂た啶啶班ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶班ぞ啶оく啷囙い啷� 啶む 啶膏 啷�
啶溹ぞ啶むが啷嵿ぐ啶距す啷嵿ぎ啶｀ざ啶啶︵じ啷嵿く 啶膏ぞ 啶灌啶じ啷嵿く 啶曕啶む啷冟い啷嵿く啶むぞ 啷� 啷оエ啷� 啷�svarg膩rthamubhay膩rtha峁� v膩 vipr膩n膩r膩dhayet tu sa岣� |
j膩tabr膩hma峁嘺艣abdasya s膩 hyasya k峁泃ak峁泃yat膩 || 122 ||He shall serve 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉 either for the sake of heaven, or for the sake of both; when, he has attained the title of the 鈥�叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺,鈥� this implies the accomplishment of all his purposes.鈥�(122)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
The sense is that he shall serve 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉.
鈥�When he has attained the title of the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺,鈥欌赌�i.e., when, on account of his connection with the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺, that title becomes applied to him;鈥攖hen he should be regarded as having all his ends accomplished.
Or, the meaning may be, 鈥榳hen he has come to be known as related to the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺.鈥欌�� (122)
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 10.121-122)
See Comparative notes for Verse 10.121.