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 6.74
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶膏ぎ啷嵿く啶椸啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶ㄠじ啶啶え啷嵿え啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶た啶班啶� 啶ㄠた啶ぇ啷嵿く啶む 啷�
啶︵ぐ啷嵿ざ啶ㄠ啶� 啶掂た啶灌啶ㄠじ啷嵿い啷� 啶膏啶膏ぞ啶班 啶啶班い啶苦お啶︵啶い啷� 啷� 啷オ 啷�samyagdar艣anasampanna岣� karmabhirna nibadhyate |
dar艣anena vih墨nastu sa峁僺膩ra峁� pratipadyate || 74 ||Equipped with true insight, he is no longer fettered by his acts; but destitute of insight, he falls into the cycle of births and deaths.鈥�(74)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
This describes the result of what has been just enjoined.
鈥�True insight鈥欌�攖rue knowledge of the Self, just described; 鈥�equipped鈥� with this,鈥�i.e., having obtained direct apprehension of it.
鈥�Is not fettered by acts鈥欌�� does not fall into the cycle of births and deaths; since the past acts have become exhausted on account of their effects having been already experienced, and no fresh acts are done.
This does not mean that Liberation is attained by mere knowledge.
He who is not endowed with the spiritual insight, taught in the Ved膩nta, and who is only given to the performance of acts, falls into the cycle of births and deaths.鈥�(74)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 驰补迟颈诲丑补谤尘补蝉补峁単谤补丑补 (p. 42).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 6.74-75)
膧辫补蝉迟补尘产补 (2.21.14-16).鈥斺�楽ome say that he obtains liberation if he knows the 膧tman;鈥攂ut that opinion is opposed to the scriptures; if liberation were obtained by the knowledge of the 膧tman alone, then he ought not to feel any pain even in this world.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (3.66).鈥斺�楾ruthfulness, abstention from stealing and from anger, modesty, purity, discrimination, steadfastness, self-control, control over sense-organs and learning have been declared to be Universal Dharma.鈥�
碍腻尘补苍诲补办补 (3.6).鈥斺�楬armlessness is the highest of all virtues,鈥攕uch is the unanimous opinion of all living beings. Therefore with feelings of kindness shall the king protect his people.鈥�