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 12.104
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶むお啷� 啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ 啶� 啶掂た啶啶班じ啷嵿く 啶ㄠた啶冟ざ啷嵿ぐ啷囙く啶膏啶班 啶ぐ啶 啷�
啶むお啶膏ぞ 啶曕た啶侧啶た啶粪 啶灌え啷嵿い啶� 啶掂た啶︵啶く啶距そ啶啶むぎ啶多啶ㄠ啶む 啷� 啷оウ啷� 啷�tapo vidy膩 ca viprasya ni岣ヅ況eyasakara峁� param |
tapas膩 kilbi峁峁� hanti vidyay膩'm峁泃ama艣nute || 104 ||Austerity and knowledge are conducive to the Highest Good of the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺; by Austerity he destroys sins and by Knowledge he attains immortality.鈥�(104)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
What is meant by this is that, even though one may possess knowledge,鈥攗ntil his sins have been destroyed, he does not attain Liberation;鈥攏or if, though his sins may have been destroyed, he has not acquired knowledge of the Self.
Thus there is no truth in the assertion that man attains Liberation by his very nature.
鈥�Immortality鈥欌�攏ot returning to metempsychic birth; which has also been described as consisting in pure Bliss.鈥�(104)
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. 512);鈥攁nd in 厂尘峁泃颈肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 144).