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 7.94
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶じ啷嵿い啷� 啶啶む 啶ぐ啶距さ啷冟い啷嵿い啶� 啶膏啷嵿啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ啷� 啶灌え啷嵿く啶む 啶ぐ啷堗 啷�
啶ぐ啷嵿い啷佮ぐ啷嵿く啶︵ 啶︵啶粪啶曕啶む 啶曕た啶� 啶氞た啶む 啶むい啷� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶� 啶啶班い啶苦お啶︵啶い啷� 啷� 啷オ 啷�yastu bh墨ta岣� par膩v峁泃ta岣� sa峁単r膩me hanyate parai岣� |
bharturyad du峁峁泃a峁� ki峁� cit tat sarva峁� pratipadyate || 94 ||But the K峁triya who, frightened and turned back, is slain by the enemies, takes upon himself all the sin that there may be of his master.鈥�(94)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
It should not be thought that 鈥榠f the man is killed after having turned back, he does not die after having committed a sinful deed鈥�; because the offence lies in his having turned back. Further, the man should not entertain the notion that 鈥榖y becoming wounded I have repaid my debt to the master; and have fulfilled my duty towards him鈥�; because such wounds serve no useful purpose at all. This is what is indicated by pointing out the gravity of the offence involved. What is said in the present verse regarding the master鈥檚 sins falling upon the servant, as also what follows in the next verse regarding the master taking off the merit of the servant,鈥攁ll this is purely commendatory; for the acts of one man, either good or bad, cannot accrue to another; nor can there be a total annihilation of a meritorious act. All that is possible is that, when there is an obstruction caused by a grievous sin, the fruition of the meritorious act is delayed. This is all that is meant in the present context.鈥�(94)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
Nowhere in Medh膩tithi do we find any indication of the explanation that is attributed to him by Hopkins.
This verse is quoted in 狈墨迟颈尘补测奴办丑补 (p. 80).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 7.94-95)
膧辫补蝉迟补尘产补 (2.26.3)鈥�(See under 89.)
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.324).鈥斺�楾he king takes away all the merit that had been acquired by those who are killed while fleeing away from battle.鈥�