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 9.107
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶じ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷冟ぃ啶� 啶膏啶ㄠく啶むた 啶啶� 啶氞ぞ啶ㄠえ啷嵿い啷嵿く啶ざ啷嵿え啷佮い啷� 啷�
啶� 啶忇さ 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶溹 啶啶む啶班 啶曕ぞ啶啶距え啶苦い啶班ぞ啶ㄠ 啶掂た啶︵啶� 啷� 啷оウ啷� 啷�yasmin峁涐箛a峁� sa峁僴ayati yena c腻苍补苍迟测补尘补艣苍耻迟别 |
sa eva dharmaja岣� putra岣� k膩maj膩nitar膩n vidu岣� || 107 ||That son alone to whom the man transfers his debt, and through whom he attains immortality, is the 鈥榙uty-born son;鈥� others are known as 鈥榣ust-born.鈥欌��(107).
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Others, etc.鈥欌�擳his is purely declamatory. If it were taken in its literal sense, the younger brothers would never be entitled to any property at all; and this would be contrary to what follows.鈥�(107)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
鈥淭his verse alludes to the Vedic text quoted, Va艣i峁ａ弓ha 17.1; Vi峁ａ箛u 15.43鈥濃�擝uhler.
This verse is quoted in 痴颈惫腻诲补谤补迟苍腻办补谤补 (p. 457), which adds the following notes:鈥斺��Sannayati鈥�, concentrates,鈥斺��腻苍补苍迟测补尘鈥�, endless bliss,鈥斺��补艣苍耻迟别鈥�, obtains, i.e., becoming freed from debt,鈥斺��碍腻尘补箩腻苍鈥�, this is a mere exaggerated statement, because it cannot be taken to mean that the younger sons have no share in the paternal estate, since it has been distinctly declared that they do have such share.
It is quoted in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 163);鈥攊n 痴测补惫补丑腻谤补-叠腻濒补尘产丑补峁弓墨 (p. 656);鈥攊n 厂尘峁泃颈肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 43);鈥攊n 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (Vyavah膩ra 172a);鈥攂y J墨m奴tav膩hana (D膩yabh膩ga, p. 37);鈥攁nd in 搁腻箩补苍墨迟颈谤补迟苍腻办补谤补 (p. 40b).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 9.105-110)
See Comparative notes for Verse 9.105.