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 8.38
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶 啶む 啶ざ啷嵿く啷囙え啷嵿え啶苦ぇ啶苦 啶班ぞ啶溹ぞ 啶啶班ぞ啶｀ 啶ㄠた啶灌た啶む 啶曕啶粪た啶む 啷�
啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶距う啷� 啶︵啶掂た啶溹啶啶 啶︵い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶距そ啶班啶оぎ啶班啶о 啶曕啶多 啶啶班さ啷囙ざ啶啶む 啷� 啷┼ギ 啷�ya峁� tu pa艣yennidhi峁� r膩j膩 pur膩峁嘺峁� nihita峁� k峁tau |
tasm膩d dvijebhyo dattv膩'rdhamardha峁� ko艣e prave艣ayet || 38 ||When the king himself finds a hoard buried of old under the ground, he shall give one-half of it to the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉 and have the other half put in his treasury.鈥�(38)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
When the king himself has found treasure, this text lays down that he shall give one-half of it to the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉.
The term 鈥�Treasury鈥� stands for the place of hoarding.
鈥�Buried of old under the ground鈥�;鈥攖his describes the nature of the treasure-trove.鈥�(38)
Comparative notes by various authors
Gautama (10.43).鈥�(See under 37.)
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (3.56-57).鈥斺�極f a Treasure-trove he must give one half to the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉;鈥攈e may deposit the other half in his Treasury.鈥�
驰补箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (2.34).鈥斺�楬aving found a Treasure-trove, the King shall give half of it to 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉;鈥攖he learned Br膩hma峁嘺 however, may take the whole of what he finds; since he is the master of all.鈥�
础驳苍颈辫耻谤腻峁嘺 (222.14).鈥斺�楾he King shall deposit half of it in the Treasury and give the other half to 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉; the good Br膩hma峁嘺 however takes the whole of the hidden treasure that he has found.鈥�