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 4.246
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶︵啶⑧啶距ぐ啷� 啶啶︵啶班啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶む 啶曕啶班啶班ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶班じ啶傕さ啶膏え啷� 啷�
啶呧す啶苦啶膏啶班 啶︵ぎ啶︵ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶啶ぞ啶� 啶溹く啷囙い啷� 啶膏啶掂ぐ啷嵿啶� 啶むぅ啶距さ啷嵿ぐ啶む 啷� 啷ㄠオ啷� 啷�d峁涐笉hak膩r墨 m峁沝ur诲腻苍迟补岣� kr奴r膩c膩rairasa峁僾asan |
ahi峁僺ro damad膩n膩bhy膩峁� jayet svarga峁� tath膩vrata岣� || 246 ||He who acts resolutely, is gentle and tolerant, who does not associate with persons of cruel disposition, and who does no injury to others, shall win heaven by his self-control and liberality, if he sticks to this practice.鈥�(246)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�Who acts resolutely,鈥欌赌�i. e., he who is firm in his determination to do something; having undertaken an act, he is sure to finish it; having begun an act, he does not desist: i.e., who is not undetermined. This is what is asserted in such passages as鈥斺�榞oing to the end of what has been begun, etc., etc.鈥�
鈥�Gentle鈥欌�攏ot hard-hearted.
鈥�Has no connection with men of cruel conduct鈥欌�攕uch as thieves and others.
鈥�By means o f self-control and liberality, he wins heaven鈥欌�� 鈥�if he sticks to this practice;鈥欌赌�i.e., observing the said rules.
鈥�Self-control鈥� being mentioned separately, the term, 鈥�诲腻苍迟补岣�,鈥� should he taken to mean 鈥榯olerant of opposition.鈥欌��(246)