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 4.193
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶む啶班た啶粪啶掂お啷嵿く啷囙い啷囙し啷� 啶︵い啷嵿い啶� 啶灌た 啶掂た啶оた啶ㄠぞ啶洁お啷嵿く啶班啶溹た啶む 啶оえ啶 啷�
啶︵ぞ啶む啶班啶さ啶む啶え啶班啶ムぞ啶� 啶ぐ啶む啶班ぞ啶︵ぞ啶む啶班啶� 啶� 啷� 啷оク啷� 啷�tri峁apyete峁 datta峁� hi vidhin膩'pyarjita峁� dhanam |
d膩turbhavatyanarth膩ya paratr膩d膩tureva ca || 193 ||For property, even though acquired by lawful means,鈥攊f given to these three persons,鈥攂rings calamity, in the next world, to the giver, as also to the receiver.鈥�(193)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
The term 鈥榩roperty鈥� is meant to imply that the giving of food is not forbidden.
鈥�Though acquired by laicful means,鈥欌�攕uch as gifts from proper sources, by purchase and such other means as are permitted by the scriptures.
Such giving becomes a source of trouble to both the giver and the receiver in the next world.鈥�(193).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补, (p. 285), which explains 鈥�anarthe鈥� as 鈥榮in鈥�;鈥攁nd in 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (膧c膩ra p. 174).