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 9.67
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶� 啶す啷�啶啶苦げ啶距 啶啶炧啶溹え啷� 啶班ぞ啶溹ぐ啷嵿し啶苦お啷嵿ぐ啶掂ぐ啶� 啶啶班ぞ 啷�
啶掂ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶距え啶距 啶膏啷嵿啶班 啶氞啷嵿ぐ啷� 啶曕ぞ啶啶す啶む啷囙い啶ㄠ 啷� 啷キ 啷�sa mah墨makhil膩峁� bhu帽jan r膩jar峁pravara岣� pur膩 |
var峁嚹乶膩峁� sa峁卥ara峁� cakre k膩mopahatacetana岣� || 67 ||In ancient times that chief of royal sages, possessing the whole world, brought about the confusion of castes, having his mind beset with lust.鈥�(67)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Possessing,鈥欌�攔uling over.
鈥淲hen the King brought about the confusion of castes, how can he be called the chief of royal sages?鈥�
The answer is that possessing the whole Earth, he was a great King, but he had his 鈥�mind鈥欌�� mental equanimity鈥斺��besat鈥欌赌攄别蝉迟谤辞测别诲鈥斺赌�by lust鈥欌�攊n the shape of carnal desires and so forth.鈥�(67)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 738 and in Vyavah膩ra, 186a).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 9.60-68)
See Comparative notes for Verse 9.60.