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 8.306
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶班啷嵿し啶ㄠ 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啷囙ぃ 啶啶むぞ啶ㄠた 啶班ぞ啶溹ぞ 啶掂ぇ啷嵿く啶距啶多啶� 啶樴ぞ啶むく啶ㄠ 啷�
啶啶む啶洁す啶班す啶班啶啷嵿啷堗 啶膏す啶膏啶班ざ啶むう啶曕啶粪た啶｀啶� 啷� 啷┼ウ啷� 啷�rak峁n dharme峁嘺 bh奴t膩ni r膩j膩 vadhy膩峁兣沜a gh膩tayan |
yajate'haraharyaj帽ai岣� sahasra艣atadak峁峁嘺i岣� || 306 ||The king who, according to the law, protects all creatures and strikes them who deserve to be struck, offers, day by day, sacrifices at which hundreds of thousands are given away.鈥�(306)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Creatures鈥欌赌攎ovable as well as immovable beings.
鈥�Protects鈥欌赌攖hese from thieves.
鈥�Striking those who deserve to be struck鈥欌赌攚ho are liable, under law, to the penalty of death.
Such a king daily acquires the merit of performing such sacrifices 鈥�at which hundreds of thousands are given away鈥欌赌�e.g., the 笔补耻峁囜笉补谤墨办补 and the rest. This has been added by way of praise of the act鈥�(306)
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. 254);鈥攊n 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (膧c膩ra p. 397);鈥攁nd in 痴颈惫腻诲补肠颈苍迟腻尘补峁噄 (p. 263).