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 12.23
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶忇い啶� 啶︵啶粪啶熰啶掂ぞ啶洁じ啷嵿く 啶溹啶掂じ啷嵿く 啶椸い啷�啶� 啶膏啶掂啶ㄠ啶� 啶氞啶むじ啶� 啷�
啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶む啶洁ぇ啶班啶い啶多啶氞啶� 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啷� 啶︵ぇ啷嵿く啶距い啷� 啶膏う啶� 啶え啶� 啷� 啷ㄠォ 啷�et膩 d峁涐梗峁璿膩'sya j墨vasya gat墨岣� svenaiva cetas膩 |
dharmato'dharmata艣caiva dharme dadhy膩t sad膩 mana岣� || 23 ||Having recognised, in his own mind, the conditions of the Personality, due to Virtue and Vice, one should fix his heart upon Virtue.鈥�(23)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
There is very little in this verse.
In the phrase 鈥�诲丑补谤尘补迟辞诲丑补谤尘补迟补岣�,鈥� an 鈥�a鈥� is to be taken as understood (after the first 鈥�诲丑补谤尘补迟补岣�鈥�).
The conditions of the Conscious Entity, Soul, are due to Virtue and Vice.
鈥�In his own mind鈥欌�攖hrough the help of the scriptures. This verse sums up the contents of the entire ordinances.鈥�