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 4.156
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶嗋啶距ぐ啶距い啷嵿げ啶い啷� 啶灌啶ぞ啶啶班ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班ぞ啶︵啶啶膏た啶むぞ啶� 啶啶班啶距 啷�
啶嗋啶距ぐ啶距う啷� 啶оえ啶啷嵿し啶啶ぎ啶距啶距ぐ啷� 啶灌え啷嵿い啷嵿く啶侧啷嵿し啶｀ぎ啷� 啷� 啷оカ啷� 啷�膩c膩r膩tlabhate hy膩yur膩c膩r膩d墨psit膩岣� praj膩岣� |
膩c膩r膩d 诲丑补苍补尘补办峁测测补尘膩c膩ro hantyalak峁峁嘺m || 156 ||By Right Conduct he attains longevity; by Right Conduct he obtains desirable children; by Right Conduct he obtains inexhaustible wealth; and Right Conduct destroys everything inauspicious.鈥�(156)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
It is not meant that the child is made equipped with learning and other good qualities; in fact, such qualities are considered desirable in children. Says an old text鈥斺�榃hat is to be done with the cow that does not give milk nor bear calf; what is the use of a son being born who is neither learned nor righteous?鈥�
鈥�Inexhaustible鈥攙ast; which cannot become exhausted, even through vices.
鈥�Everything inauspicious;鈥欌�攕uch marks as a black spot on the shoulder, and the like, which are indications of poverty, misfortune, etc. This also is destroyed by Right Conduct.
Thus all that is unrighteous and evil is destroyed, if a man sticks to Right Conduct.鈥�(156)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse has not been omitted by Medh膩tithi, as Buhler has wrongly stated.
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 231);鈥攊n 狈颈迟测腻肠腻谤补辫谤补诲墨辫补 (p. 12);鈥攁nd in 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 17a).
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (71.91).鈥�(Same as Manu, but reading 鈥�gatim鈥� for 鈥�辫谤补箩腻尘.鈥�)
痴补艣颈峁ａ弓丑补 (8.7).鈥�(Do., but reading 鈥�phalate dhanam鈥� for 鈥�labhate 辫谤补箩腻尘鈥� and 鈥�艣谤颈测补尘腻辫苍辞迟颈鈥� for 鈥�诲丑补苍补尘补办峁测测补尘.鈥�)
惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (Anu艣膩sana, 161.6).鈥斺�楤y right conduct the man obtains longevity; by right conduct he acquires prosperity; by right conduct he acquires fame, here as well as after death.鈥�