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 6.96
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶忇さ啶� 啶膏啶ㄠ啶じ啷嵿く 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距ぃ啶� 啶膏啶掂啶距ぐ啷嵿く啶ぐ啶啶洁じ啷嵿お啷冟す啶� 啷�
啶膏啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶膏啶ㄠぞ啶す啶む啶啶ㄠ 啶啶班ぞ啶啶ㄠ啶むた 啶ぐ啶 啶椸い啶苦ぎ啷� 啷� 啷ガ 啷�eva峁� sa峁僴yasya karm膩峁噄 svak膩ryaparamo'sp峁沨a岣� |
sa峁僴y膩sen膩pahatyaina岣� pr膩pnoti parama峁� gatim || 96 ||Having thus renounced all rites, intent upon his own duty, free from longings, he destroys sin by his renunciation and attains the highest state.鈥�(96).
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�His oven duty鈥欌�攎editation on the Soul; he for whom this is the highest duty.
鈥�Free from longings鈥欌�攏ot entertaining a desire for anything, even in his mind鈥�(96).