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 8.138 [Grades Of Fine]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ぃ啶距え啶距 啶︵啶掂 啶多い啷� 啶膏ぞ啶班啶о 啶啶班ぅ啶 啶膏ぞ啶灌じ啶� 啶膏啶啶む 啷�
啶ぇ啷嵿く啶 啶啷嵿 啶掂た啶溹啶炧啶 啶膏す啶膏啶班 啶む啶掂啶� 啶氞啶む啶むぎ啶� 啷� 啷оォ啷� 啷�pa峁嚹乶膩峁� dve 艣ate s膩rdhe prathama岣� s膩hasa岣� sm峁泃a岣� |
madhyama岣� pa帽ca vij帽eya岣� sahasra峁� tveva cottama岣� || 138 ||The first amercement has been declared to be two hundred and fifty 辫补峁嘺蝉; the middling is to be known as five hundred; and the highest as a thousand.鈥�(138)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
The term 鈥�amercement鈥� is to be construed also with the terms 鈥�middling鈥� and 鈥�highest鈥�; though in other treatises these two terms are found to be used by themselves also:鈥�e.g., the punishment with these is the 鈥�Highest.鈥� From the point of view of the scriptures, and also from the juxtaposition of the words, they are to be regarded as qualifying 鈥�amercement.鈥�
The words of the text are quite clear.鈥�(138)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
鈥�Sahasram鈥欌赌斺赌淐辞辫辫别谤 辫补峁嘺蝉 are meant鈥濃�擧opkins.
This verse is quoted in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (1.366), which remarks that the fines here prescribed pertain to offences committed unintentionally;鈥攊苍 础辫补谤腻谤办补, (p. 592), which adds that these pertain to slight offences;鈥攊苍 痴颈惫腻诲补谤补迟苍腻办补谤补 (p. 665);鈥攊苍 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (R膩jan墨ti, p. 295), which reproduces the words of 础辫补谤腻谤办补;鈥攊苍 痴测补惫补丑腻谤补-叠腻濒补尘产丑补峁弓墨 (p. 938);鈥攁nd in 痴颈惫腻诲补肠颈苍迟腻尘补峁噄 (p. 192), which says that the numbers refer to copper k膩r峁Ｄ伇璨贯箛a蝉.
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (4.14).鈥斺��250 copper 笔补峁嘺蝉 constitute the first amercement; 500 笔补峁嘺蝉 the middlemost amercement; 1,000 笔补峁嘺蝉, the highest amercement.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.364).鈥斺赌�1,080 笔补峁嘺蝉 constitute the highest amercement; 540 笔补峁嘺蝉, the middlemost;鈥�270 笔补峁嘺蝉, the lowest.鈥�
艢补峁卥丑补-尝颈办丑颈迟补 (痴颈惫腻诲补谤补迟苍腻办补谤补, p. 664).鈥斺�楩rom 24 to 91 is the first amercement, 200 to 500, the middlemost amercement; 600 to 1,000, the highest amercement; to he determined in accordance with the resources of the culprit and the nature of his offence.鈥�
狈腻谤补诲补 (Do.).鈥斺��24 to 96 is the first amercement; 200 to 500, the middlemost; 500 to 1,000 the highest.鈥�