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 4.237
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶啷嵿啷嬥そ啶ㄠ啶む啶� 啶曕啶粪ぐ啶むた 啶むお啶� 啶曕啶粪ぐ啶むた 啶掂た啶膏啶く啶距い啷� 啷�
啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啶苦お啷嵿ぐ啶距お啶掂ぞ啶︵啶� 啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ 啶� 啶ぐ啶苦啷�啶班啶むえ啶距い啷� 啷� 啷ㄠォ啷� 啷�yaj帽o'n峁泃ena k峁rati tapa岣� k峁rati vismay膩t |
膩yurvipr膩pav膩dena d膩na峁� ca parik墨rtan膩t || 237 ||The sacrifice trickles away by falsehood, the austerity trickles away by vanity, longevity by the reviling of Br膩hma峁嘺s, and gifts by advertisement.鈥�(237)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
This is supplementary to the foregoing Prohibition. By reason of 鈥榝alsehood,鈥� 鈥�the sacrifice trickles away鈥欌赌�i e., becomes fruitless; the purpose for which it was performed is not accomplished. Similarly, throughout the verse.鈥�(237)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (D膩na, p. 90).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 4.234-239)
See Comparative notes for Verse 4.234.