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 ‘Dharma�, 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 2.93
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
इनà¥à¤¦à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤¯à¤¾à¤£à¤¾à¤‚ पà¥à¤°à¤¸à¤™à¥à¤—ेà¤� दोषं ऋचà¥à¤›à¤¤à¥à¤¯à¤¸à¤‚शयमà¥� à¥�
संनियमà¥à¤¯ तॠतानà¥à¤¯à¥‡à¤� ततà¤� सिदà¥à¤§à¤¿à¤� निगचà¥à¤›à¤¤à¤¿ à¥� ९३ à¥�indriyÄṇÄṃ prasaá¹…gena doá¹£aá¹� á¹›cchatyasaṃśayam |
saṃniyamya tu tÄnyeva tataá¸� siddhiá¹� nigacchati || 93 ||By attachment to the organs one incurs evil, without doubt; while by subjugating those same he attains success.â€�(93)
MedhÄtithi’s commentary (³¾²¹²Ô³Ü²ú³óÄåá¹£y²¹):
â€�Attachmentâ€� means addiction; â€�byâ€� this, as the means, one â€�incurs’â¶Ä”a³Ù³Ù²¹¾±²Ô²õ—â¶Ä�evil,â€� [visible] as well as invisible. There is no doubt in this; it is absolutely certain.
â€�By subjugating these’—organs—one subsequently â€�attains success,’—the attainment of the desired end; i.e., he acquires in its entirety all the fruits of the performance of acts enjoined in Åš°ù³Ü³Ù¾± and in ³§³¾á¹›t¾±.â€�(93)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
â€�¶Ù´Çá¹£a³¾â€™â€”‘Guiltâ€� (NÄrÄyaṇa);—‘evil, visible and invisible’â€�(MedhÄtithi and KullÅ«ka) i.e. misery and sin;—‘evil, in the shape of rebirthsâ€� (RÄghavÄnanda).
â€�Siddhim’—‘Success, in the form of the rewards of all actsâ€� (MedhÄtithi);—‘final releaseâ€� (NÄrÄyaṇa and RÄghavÄnanda);—‘all human ends, Final Release and all the restâ€� (GovindarÄja and KullÅ«ka).
Comparative notes by various authors
(Verses 93-95)
¶Ù²¹°ìá¹£a-²õ³¾á¹›t¾± (7. 12 and 16).—‘He whose mind is addicted to objects never attains Yoga; therefore the Yogin should make an effort to avoid addiction to objects.â€�
³Õ²¹Å›¾±á¹£á¹³ó²¹-²õ³¾á¹›t¾± (30.10-11).—‘As one grows old, his hairs fade fade also his teeth; but longing for life and longing for wealth never fade, even while the man is fading away. That which cannot be avoided by foolish-minded persons, that which does not fade even while the man is fading away, that which is a mortal disease,—such Desire when one renounces, then alone does he attain happiness.â€�