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 1.60 [叠丑峁沢耻 Begins]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶むい啶膏啶むぅ啶� 啶� 啶む啶ㄠ啶曕啶む 啶す啶班啶粪た啶え啷佮え啶� 啶啶椸啶� 啷�
啶むぞ啶ㄠが啷嵿ぐ啶掂啶︵ 啶嬥し啷�啶ㄠ 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶距え啷� 啶啶班啶むぞ啶む啶ぞ 啶多啶班啶い啶距ぎ啶苦い啶� 啷� 啷ウ 啷�tatastath膩 sa tenokto mahar峁manun膩 bh峁沢u岣� |
t膩nabrav墨d 峁涐梗墨n sarv膩n pr墨t膩tm膩 艣r奴yat膩miti || 60 ||Thereupon, being thus directed by Manu, the great sage 叠丑峁沢耻, with a gladdened heart, said to the sages鈥斺�楲isten.鈥欌��(60)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
That great sage 鈥�叠丑峁沢耻,鈥� 鈥�bring thus directed鈥欌�攑rompted, by means of the words 鈥樀筢箾g耻 will describe it to you鈥�;鈥斺��thereupon,鈥欌�攁fter that,鈥斺��said to the sages鈥欌赌斺赌�Listen.鈥�
鈥�With a gladdened heart鈥�;鈥攈is gladness being due to the idea of respectability implied by the fact that from among the several pupils (of Manu) he had been directed to teach; 叠丑峁沢耻鈥檚 idea of his own respectability was based upon this idea鈥斺�業, who am an obedient pupil of Manu, have been thus honoured by him, by reason of my special aptitude to expound the Law.鈥欌��(60)
[Here ends the introductory Section鈥攄escribing the true origin
of the Law and the authorship of the present Treatise.]
[Now begins the actual Text of the Treatise, as expounded by
叠丑峁沢耻, to the sages who had questioned Manu.]
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
With this verse ends the Introductory Section of the work, describing the Origin of the Law and the authorship of the ordinances.