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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 ‘Dharma�, 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...

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

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ततà¥� तदà¥� वोऽहà¤� पà¥à¤°à¤µà¤•à¥à¤·à¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤®à¤¿ यथावदनà¥à¤ªà¥‚रà¥à¤µà¤¶à¤ƒ à¥� ३६ à¥�

tena yad yat sabhá¹›tyena kartavyaá¹� raká¹£atÄ prajÄá¸� |
tat tad vo'haá¹� pravaká¹£yÄmi yathÄvadanupÅ«rvaÅ›aá¸� || 36 ||

Whatever should be done by him and his servants, for the protecting of his people, all that I am going to explain to you precisely and in due order�(36)

 

MedhÄtithi’s commentary (manubhÄá¹£ya):

This verse is indicative of what is going to be expounded.

By the King and his ‘servants’�i.e., his assistants—whatever has to be done for the protection of his people, that is now going to be described.�(36).

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