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 7.150
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶た啶ㄠ啶︵え啷嵿い啷嵿く啶掂ぎ啶むぞ 啶え啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶む啶班啶啷嵿く啷嬥え啶距じ啷嵿い啶ム啶� 啶� 啷�
啶膏啶む啶班た啶ざ啷嵿啷堗さ 啶掂た啶多啶粪啶� 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶距い啷� 啶むい啷嵿ぐ啶距う啷冟い啷� 啶さ啷囙い啷� 啷� 啷оカ啷� 啷�bhindantyavamat膩 mantra峁� tairyagyon膩stathaiva ca |
striya艣caiva vi艣e峁峁嘺 tasm膩t tatr膩d峁泃o bhavet || 150 ||Persons who have been disgraced, animals, and particularly women betray secret plans; hence he shall be careful with regard to them.鈥�(150)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Disgraced鈥�,鈥攆allen from honour. Such despicable persons, as also other paltry men, even when not disgraced, might hear something, and might be able to utter a few syllables; and this would lead to the disclosure of the secret; as, from the slightest hints, clever men are capable of drawing important inferences.鈥�(150)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (R膩jan墨ti, p. 309), which explains 鈥�膧诲峁泃补鈥� as 鈥榮uspicious.鈥�
Comparative notes by various authors
础驳苍颈辫耻谤腻峁嘺.鈥�(See under 149.)