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 11.144
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶曕啶粪啶む啶距え啶距ぎ啷嬥し啶о啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶溹ぞ啶むぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶� 啶膏啶掂く啶� 啶掂え啷� 啷�
啶掂啶ムぞ啶侧ぎ啷嵿き啷囙そ啶ㄠ啶椸啷嵿啷囙う啷� 啶椸ぞ啶� 啶︵た啶ㄠぎ啷囙啶� 啶く啷嬥さ啷嵿ぐ啶む 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�k峁涐梗taj膩n膩mo峁dh墨n膩峁� j膩t膩n膩峁� ca svaya峁� vane |
v峁泃h膩lambhe'nugacched g膩峁� dinameka峁� payovrata岣� || 144 ||If one needlessly cuts plants grown by cultivation, or those that spontaneously grow in the forest, he shall attend on the cow for one day, subsisting on milk only.鈥�(144)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
Those that grow in a plot of land that has been cultivated with the plough, the spade and other implements, and those that grow by themselves in the forest;鈥攊f one cuts these 鈥�needlessly鈥欌赌�i.e., not for any such purpose as the feeding of cattle and the like,鈥攈e should 鈥�attend on the cow for one day鈥欌赌攚ith great joy.
鈥�Subsisting on milk.鈥欌赌擳his precludes all other food.鈥�(144)
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (50.50).鈥斺�業f a man has wantonly cut such plants as grow by cultivation, or such as rise spontaneously in the woods,鈥攈e must wait on a cow and subsist on milk for one day.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (3.276).鈥�(See under 142.)