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 11.80
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶む啶班た啶掂ぞ啶班 啶啶班い啶苦ぐ啷嬥う啷嵿ぇ啶� 啶掂ぞ 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶膏啶掂ぎ啶掂啶苦い啷嵿く 啶掂ぞ 啷�
啶掂た啶啶班じ啷嵿く 啶むえ啷嵿え啶苦ぎ啶苦い啷嵿い啷� 啶掂ぞ 啶啶班ぞ啶｀ぞ啶侧ぞ啶 啶掂た啶啶氞啶い啷� 啷� 啷ウ 啷�triv膩ra峁� pratiroddh膩 v膩 sarvasvamavajitya v膩 |
viprasya tannimitte v膩 pr膩峁嚹乴膩bhe vimucyate || 80 ||If he fights at least thrice on behalf of a 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺, or reconquers his entire property, or gives up his life for his sake,鈥攈e becomes absolved.鈥�(80)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Fights鈥欌�擳akes up arms, or becomes wounded in the fight;鈥斺��at least thrice鈥欌�擧e should repeat the act at least three times. If he does the fighting, he becomes absolved, even though he might have been killed without having saved the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺.
鈥�Reconquers his entire property.鈥欌�擨f the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺鈥檚 property has been taken away by thieves, if he wins it back for him, he becomes absolved;鈥攁s also if he 鈥�gives up his life鈥� for the sake of the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺.
鈥�Giving up one鈥檚 life in defence of the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 has been already mentioned (in the preceding verse).鈥�
True; but what has been said in the preceding verse is that 鈥榯he man becomes purified if he rescues, by fighting or by some other physical means, (1) a cow stuck in the mire, or (2) a cow being taken away by robbers, or (3) a 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺, being carried away either by his enemies, or by robbers, or by a stream鈥�; while in the present verse what is mentioned is doing all this 鈥�for his sake鈥�; and what is meant is that the man becomes absolved, if when, on his property being taken away by robbers, the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 becomes stupefied and proceeds to commit suicide,鈥攐r when he is fighting unaided against the robbers,鈥攊f the man comes forward and pays to him the equivalent of what he has lost, and consoles him with such words as鈥斺�榙o not commit suicide, I am giving you this much wealth.鈥欌��(80)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (3.246).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 11.72-86)
See Comparative notes for Verse 11.72.