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 2.95
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ざ啷嵿啷堗い啶距え啷� 啶啶班ぞ啶啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶む 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶距え啷� 啶ざ啷嵿啷堗い啶距え啷� 啶曕啶掂げ啶距啶膏啶む啶啷囙い啷� 啷�
啶啶班ぞ啶ぃ啶距い啷� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶曕ぞ啶ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶ぐ啶苦い啷嵿く啶距啷� 啶掂た啶多た啶粪啶い啷� 啷� 啷カ 啷�ya艣cait膩n pr膩pnuy膩t sarv膩n ya艣cait膩n keval膩峁僺tyajet |
pr膩pa峁嚹乼 sarvak膩m膩n膩峁� parity膩go vi艣i峁ate || 95 ||As between one who would attain all these, and another who would renounce them all, the renunciation of desires surf asses the attainment of
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
The present verse formulates the conclusion deduced from th e reasons adduced in the foregoing verses. [The sense being] in as much as Desire only waxes stronger by fulfilment, hence if a pleasure-seeking person鈥攊n the shape of a young king鈥斺��? hould attain鈥欌�攈e addicted to鈥斺��all those鈥� desires;鈥攚hile another person鈥攊n the shape of the life-long celibate鈥斺��renounces them all,鈥欌赌�i.e., does not touch even the slightest thing;鈥攂etween these two, the latter surpasses the attainer, the enjoyer. That is, the man who renounces pleasures is vastly superior.
This is self-evident.鈥�(95)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 叠腻濒补尘产丑补峁弓颈 (Vy膩vah膩ra, p. 606).
Comparative notes by various authors
(Verses 93-95)
See Comparative notes for Verse 2.93.