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 9.300
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶嗋ぐ啶啶む啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距ぃ啶� 啶多啶班ぞ啶ㄠ啶む 啶多啶班ぞ啶ㄠ啶む 啶啶ㄠ 啶啶ㄠ 啷�
啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距ぃ啷嵿く啶距ぐ啶ぎ啶距ぃ啶� 啶灌た 啶啶班啶粪 啶多啶班啶班啶ㄠた啶粪啶掂い啷� 啷� 啷┼ウ啷� 啷�膩rabhetaiva karm膩峁噄 艣r膩nta岣� 艣r膩nta岣� puna岣� puna岣� |
karm膩峁噛膩rabham膩峁嘺峁� hi puru峁峁� 艣r墨rni峁vate || 300 ||Tired and tired, over again he should begin his operations; for fortune favours the man who undertakes operations.鈥�(300)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Man鈥�.鈥擳his shows that it is not only the King, but also the ordinary man who attains prosperity by exerting himself. This is what is meant by the saying鈥斺�楨ven at the hands of death one should seek prosperity.鈥欌��(300)
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. 329).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 9.298-300)
See Comparative notes for Verse 9.298.