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 12.102
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶掂啶︵ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶むい啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶溹啶炧 啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶むい啷嵿ぐ啶距ざ啷嵿ぐ啶 啶掂じ啶ㄠ 啷�
啶囙す啷堗さ 啶侧啶曕 啶むた啶粪啶犩え啷� 啶� 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶啶ぞ啶� 啶曕げ啷嵿お啶む 啷� 啷оウ啷� 啷�veda艣膩str膩rthatattvaj帽o yatra tatr膩艣rame vasan |
ihaiva loke ti峁ａ弓han sa brahmabh奴y膩ya kalpate || 102 ||In whatever life-stage he may be, the person who knows the true meaning of the Vedic Scriptures becomes fit for union with brahman, even while dwelling in this world.鈥�(102)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Union with Brahman鈥欌赌攂ecoming one with Brahman, (i.e., attaining Brahman).
鈥�In whatever鈥欌赌�i.e., even though he may not take to the several stages in the regular order. This is what has been referred to in such passages as鈥斺�楤r膩hma峁嘺s, deviating from the regular path, pass on to the stage of the Mendicant immediately after passing through that of the Student.鈥欌赌�102
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (Sa峁僺k膩ra p. 510);鈥攁nd in 厂尘峁泃颈肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (Sa峁僺k膩ra p. 132).