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 12.101
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ぅ啶� 啶溹ぞ啶むが啶侧 啶掂す啷嵿え啶苦ぐ啷嵿う啶灌い啷嵿く啶距ぐ啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶距え啶た 啶︵啶班啶ぞ啶ㄠ 啷�
啶むぅ啶� 啶︵す啶むた 啶掂啶︵啷嵿啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶溹 啶︵啶粪ぎ啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠ 啷� 啷оウ啷� 啷�yath膩 j膩tabalo vahnirdahaty膩rdr膩napi drum膩n |
tath膩 dahati vedaj帽a岣� karmaja峁� do峁m膩tmana岣� || 101 ||Just as fire, having gained strength, burns even green trees, even so does the person knowing the Veda consume all the evil effects of his deeds.鈥�(101)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
As in the preceding verse, so now also the construction of the words is quite easy, and their meaning is well-known.鈥�101
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (Pr膩ya艣citta, p. 172);鈥攁nd in 厂尘峁泃颈肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 129).
Comparative notes by various authors
痴补艣颈峁ａ弓丑补 (27.2).鈥斺�楢s a fire burning strongly consumes even green trees, even so does the fire of the Veda destroy one鈥檚 guilt caused by one's deeds.鈥�