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 4.233
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙し啶距ぎ啷囙さ 啶︵ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ 啶掂た啶多た啶粪啶い啷� 啷�
啶掂ぞ啶班啶え啷嵿え啶椸啶す啷�啶掂ぞ啶膏じ啷嵿イ啶むた啶侧啶距啷嵿啶ㄠじ啶班啶た啶粪ぞ啶 啷� 啷ㄠォ啷� 啷�sarve峁Ｄ乵eva d膩n膩n膩峁� brahma诲腻苍补峁� vi艣i峁ate |
惫腻谤测补苍苍补驳辞尘补丑墨惫腻蝉补蝉触迟颈濒补办腻帽肠补苍补蝉补谤辫颈峁Ｄ乵 || 233 ||The giving or Veda surpasses all gifts or water, food, cows, buffaloes, clothes, sesamum, gold and clarified butter.鈥�(233)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
This is a commendatory supplement to the foregoing injunction.
The term 鈥�诲腻苍补鈥� stands for things given, gifts, or for the act of giving.
鈥�Giving of Veda鈥欌�擲tudying and expounding the Veda,
It is superior to the giving of every other thing, in the shape of water, etc.鈥�(233)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 516);鈥攁nd in 厂尘峁泃颈肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 145).
Comparative notes by various authors
痴补艣颈峁ａ弓丑补 (29.20).鈥斺�楾hree gifts they have described as extreme gifts鈥�viz., of cows, land and Veda; the gift of gold is the very first of gifts; and superior even to that is the gift of learning.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.212).鈥斺�楤rahman (Veda) being the embodiment of all Dharma, its gift is superior to all gifts; he who makes a gift of it obtains the imperishable region of Brahman.鈥�
叠峁沨补蝉辫补迟颈 (19).鈥斺�楾hree gifts they have described as extreme gifts;鈥�viz., of cows, land and Veda; these three bring about the salvation of the giver through recitation, sowing and milking.鈥�