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 1.90 [Distribution of Functions among the several castes, part 3: of the Vai艣ya]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ざ啷傕え啶距 啶班啷嵿し啶｀ 啶︵ぞ啶ㄠぎ啶苦啷嵿く啶距そ啶о啶く啶ㄠぎ啷囙さ 啶� 啷�
啶掂ぃ啶苦啷嵿お啶ム 啶曕啶膏啶︵ 啶� 啶掂啶多啶じ啷嵿く 啶曕啶粪た啶啶� 啶� 啷� 啷ウ 啷�pa艣奴n膩峁� rak峁峁嘺峁� d膩namijy膩'dhyayanameva ca |
va峁噄kpatha峁� kus墨da峁� ca vai艣yasya k峁涐梗imeva ca || 90 ||For the Vai艣ya, tending of cattle, giving of gifts, sacrificing and studying; as also trade, money-lending and cultivating of land. (90).
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�Trade,鈥欌赌�i.e., the acquiring of wealth by carrying on trade, on land and on water, and the importing of useful goods from foreign countries into the state of that king in whose kingdom he lives.
鈥�Money-lending鈥欌�攇iving out money on interest. (90).
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 (膧c膩ra, p. 416), in support of 笔补谤腻艣补谤补, verse 63;鈥攁nd in the 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补鈥�笔补谤颈产丑腻峁Ｄ� (p. 45), which explains 鈥�痴补峁噄办辫补迟丑补尘鈥� as 鈥榯rade鈥� and 鈥�碍耻蝉墨诲补尘鈥� as 鈥榣ending money on interest鈥�.