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 11.81
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶忇さ啶� 啶︵啶⑧さ啷嵿ぐ啶む 啶ㄠた啶む啶 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶氞ぞ啶班 啶膏ぎ啶距す啶苦い啶� 啷�
啶膏ぎ啶距お啷嵿い啷� 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵ざ啷� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿し啷� 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶灌い啷嵿く啶距 啶掂啶お啷嬥す啶むた 啷� 啷ェ 啷�eva峁� d峁涐笉havrato nitya峁� brahmac膩r墨 sam膩hita岣� |
sam膩pte dv膩da艣e var峁 brahmahaty膩峁� vyapohati || 81 ||He who remains thus firm in his vow, always chaste and with concentrated mind, shakes off the sin of 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺-slaying, on the completion of the twelfth year.鈥�(81)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
This shows that the subject of the 鈥楾welve-year Penance鈥� started (in 73), ends here.
鈥�Firm in his vow and with concentrated mind,鈥� these two terms only serve to fill up the metre.
This verse sums up what has gone before.鈥�(81)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (3.244) as summing up the 鈥榯welve years鈥� penance.
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 11.72-86)
See Comparative notes for Verse 11.72.