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 8.19
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶班ぞ啶溹ぞ 啶さ啶む啶え啷囙え啶距じ啷嵿い啷� 啶啶氞啶え啷嵿い啷� 啶� 啶膏き啶距じ啶︵ 啷�
啶忇え啷� 啶椸啷嵿啶むた 啶曕ぐ啷嵿い啶距ぐ啶� 啶ㄠた啶ㄠ啶︵ぞ啶洁ぐ啷嵿す啷� 啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶ㄠた啶ㄠ啶︵啶い啷� 啷� 啷оク 啷�谤腻箩腻 bhavatyanen膩stu mucyante ca sabh膩sada岣� |
eno gacchati kart膩ra峁� nind膩'rho yatra nindyate || 19 ||Where, however, the person deserving of censure is actually censured, there the king becomes sinless, the members of the court become freed, and the sin falls upon the perpetrator.鈥�(19)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
The same idea is stated conversely.
Where the guilty person is not able to hide his guilt, and his guilt is duly exposed, then everything turns out to be right.
From verse 14 onwards we have a set of supplementary exaggerations, containing praises and condemnations indicating the good and bad results,鈥攑ut forward for the purpose of forbidding the actual committing of injustice, as also the conniving at it (being committed by others).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 604);鈥攊n 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (Vyavah膩ra, p. 26), to the effect that the king becomes absolved from all sin if he shows complete impartiality;鈥攊n 厂尘峁泃颈迟补迟迟惫补 (II, p. 200) which adds the following notes:鈥斺��碍补谤迟腻谤补尘鈥� means the 鈥榮peaker鈥�, the perjuror,鈥攖he term 鈥�谤腻箩腻鈥� here stands for the Judge, 鈥斺��补苍别苍腻岣�鈥� means 鈥榝ree from sin鈥�;鈥攊n 厂尘峁泃颈肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (Vyavah膩ra, p. 48);鈥攁nd in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (Vyavah膩ra, 5a).
Comparative notes by various authors
狈腻谤补诲补 (3.13).鈥斺�楾he King is freed from responsibility, the members of the Court obtain their absolution, and the guilt rests on the offender,鈥攚hen the guilty person is punished.鈥�
叠辞诲丑腻测补苍补 (1.19.8).鈥斺�榃hen he who deserves condemnation is condemned, the King is guiltless and the judges free from blame; the guilt falls on the offender alone.鈥�
贬腻谤颈迟补( Vyavah膩ratattva).鈥�(Same as Manu.)