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 8.276
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶啶班ぞ啶灌啶ぃ啶曕啶粪い啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啶距き啷嵿く啶距 啶む 啶︵ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶� 啶曕ぞ啶班啶 啶掂た啶溹ぞ啶ㄠい啶� 啷�
啶啶班ぞ啶灌啶ぃ啷� 啶膏ぞ啶灌じ啶� 啶啶班啶掂 啶曕啶粪い啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啷� 啶む啶掂啶� 啶ぇ啷嵿く啶 啷� 啷ㄠキ啷� 啷�br膩hma峁嘺k峁triy膩bhy膩峁� tu da峁囜笉a岣� k膩ryo vij膩nat膩 |
br膩hma峁噀 s膩hasa岣� p奴rva岣� k峁triye tveva madhyama岣� || 276 ||The discerning king shall inflict this punishment upon the Br膩hma峁嘺 and the K峁triya: the br膩hma峁嘺 shall be fined the lowest amercement and the k峁triya the middlemost鈥�(276)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
The construction of this passage is elliptical:鈥斺�業n the case of mutual abuse between the Br膩hma峁嘺 and the K峁triya, this shall be the punishment.鈥�
Or, the Dative (in 鈥�产谤腻丑尘腻峁嘺办峁迟谤颈测腻产丑测腻峁�鈥�) may be taken as denoting purpose; the sense being鈥斺�榝or the purpose of keeping in check the Br膩hma峁嘺 and the K峁triya.鈥�
The punishment here prescribed is to be inflicted when some grievous offence is attributed, and causes pain鈥�(276)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 痴颈惫腻诲补谤补迟苍腻办补谤补 (p. 255), which adds the following explanations:鈥擨n a case where a Br膩hma峁嘺 and a K峁triya have insulted one another, the 鈥榝irst amercement鈥� on the latter.鈥擜ccording to 叠腻濒补尘产丑补峁弓墨 (2.207) the rule refers to cases where the defamation is in regard to a heinous offence;鈥擨t is quoted in 痴颈惫腻诲补肠颈苍迟腻尘补峁噄 (Calcutta, p. 71), which says that this refers to cases of mutual defamation between the Br膩hma峁嘺 and the K峁triya, and adds that the same law holds good as between the Vai艣ya and the 艢奴dra also-;鈥攁nd in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (Vyavah膩ra, 150a).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 8.276-278)