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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...

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

ये बकव्रतिन� विप्रा ये � मार्जारलिङ्गिन� �
ते पतन्त्यन्धतामिस्रे ते� पापे� कर्मणा � १९� �

ye bakavratino viprā ye ca mārjāraliṅgina� |
te patantyandhatāmisre tena pāpena karmaṇ� || 197 ||

Those Brāhmaṇas who are heron-like in their behaviour, and those who are cat-like, fall, by that sinful act, into the Andhatāmisra hell.�(197)

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (Գܲṣy):

This verse is explained by its own words.�(197).

 

Comparative notes by various authors

(verses 4.195-199)

See Comparative notes for Verse 4.195.

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