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 1.117
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶膏啶膏ぞ啶班啶え啶� 啶氞啶� 啶む啶班た啶掂た啶о 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶膏ぎ啷嵿き啶掂ぎ啷� 啷�
啶ㄠた啶冟ざ啷嵿ぐ啷囙く啶膏 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶｀ぞ啶� 啶� 啶椸啶｀う啷嬥し啶ぐ啷�啶曕啶粪ぃ啶 啷� 啷оェ啷� 啷�蝉补峁僺腻谤补gamana峁� caiva trividha峁� karmasambhavam |
ni岣ヅ況eyasa峁� karma峁嚹佱箖 ca gu峁嘺do峁par墨k峁峁嘺m || 117 ||The threefold transmigration of the Soul, arising from actions,鈥攖he highest good,鈥攁nd the examination of the good and bad features of actions.鈥�(117)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�厂补峁僺腻谤补驳补尘补苍补,鈥欌赌攖he property, 鈥�蝉补峁僺腻谤补,鈥� 鈥�series of births and deaths,鈥� stands here for the possessor of the property, i.e., the personality or Soul, undergoing births and deaths;鈥攖he 鈥�gamana鈥� of that is its migration from one body to another.鈥擮r, 鈥�蝉补峁僺腻ra鈥� may be taken as standing for the objects of the world, i.e., the three Regions of the Earth, etc.;鈥攖he 鈥�gamana鈥� is being born in those regions, as described before.鈥斺��Threefold,鈥� high, low and middling.鈥斺��Arising from actions鈥欌赌攂rought about by good and bad deeds.
鈥�Highest good鈥欌赌攖he work describes not only the conditions brought about by deeds, but also that higher than which there is nothing,鈥�i.e., spiritual knowledge,鈥攖he means of attaining that also has been described.
鈥�Of actions鈥欌赌�i.e.. those that are enjoined and those that are prohibited,鈥斺��the examination of the good and bad features.鈥欌赌�(117)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
See 12. 51 et seq.