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 1.70
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶囙い啶班啶粪 啶膏じ啶ㄠ啶о啶啶粪 啶膏じ啶ㄠ啶о啶ぞ啶傕ざ啷囙し啷� 啶� 啶む啶班た啶粪 啷�
啶忇啶距お啶距く啷囙え 啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶ㄠ啶む 啶膏す啶膏啶班ぞ啶｀た 啶多い啶距え啶� 啶� 啷� 啷ウ 啷�itare峁 sasandhye峁 sasandhy膩峁兣沞峁 ca tri峁 |
ek膩p膩yena vartante sahasr膩峁噄 艣at膩ni ca || 70 ||In each of the other time-cycles, along with their 鈥榡unctures鈥� and 鈥榡uncture-ends鈥�, the 鈥榯housands鈥� and 鈥榟undreds鈥� are reduced by one.鈥�(70)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
Among the three Time-cycles other then the 碍峁泃补,鈥�i.e. in 罢谤别迟腻 and the rest,鈥攁long with their 鈥榡unctures鈥� and 鈥榡uncture-ends鈥�,鈥攖he 鈥榯housands鈥� are reduced (in each) by one; 鈥榬eduction鈥� means dimunition. That is in 罢谤别迟腻, the number of 鈥榯housand,鈥� is one less than that in 碍峁泃补; similarly the number in 顿惫腻辫补谤补 is one less than that in 罢谤别迟腻; and that in Kali is one less than that in Thus 罢谤别迟腻 consists of three thousand years, 顿惫腻辫补谤补 of two thousand years, and Kali of one thousand years. Similarly the number of 鈥榟undred鈥� goes on diminishing in the 鈥榡unctures鈥� and 鈥榡uncture-ends鈥� of the Cycles.
鈥楾ime-cycle鈥�, 鈥�yuga鈥�, is the name given to a particular aggregate of days; and 鈥�碍峁泃腻鈥� and the rest are particular names of the said 鈥楾ime-cycle鈥�.鈥�(70)