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 9.302
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶曕げ啶苦 啶啶班じ啷佮お啷嵿い啷� 啶さ啶むた 啶� 啶溹ぞ啶椸啶班う啷� 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶ぐ啶� 啶啶椸ぎ啷� 啷�
啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶膏啶掂き啷嵿く啷佮う啷嵿く啶むじ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啷囙い啶� 啶掂た啶氞ぐ啶傕じ啷嵿い啷� 啶曕啶む 啶啶椸ぎ啷� 啷� 啷┼ウ啷� 啷�kali岣� prasupto bhavati sa j膩grad dv膩para峁� yugam |
karmasvabhyudyatastret膩 vicara峁僺tu k峁泃a峁� yugam || 302 ||Asleep, he represents 鈥�Kali;鈥� awake, the 鈥�顿惫腻辫补谤补鈥� cycle; ready to act, the 鈥�罢谤别迟腻鈥�; and actually acting, the 鈥�碍峁泃补鈥� cycle.鈥�(302)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
When he is 鈥�asleep鈥�, inactive, he represents 鈥�Kali.鈥�
鈥�Awake鈥�,鈥�i.e., while knowing the means of his advancement, if he does not actually exert himself,鈥攈e is 鈥�顿惫腻辫补谤补.鈥� When he has made up his mind to act he is 鈥�罢谤别迟腻.鈥�
When he actually acts with a view to attaining success, in accordance with the scriptures, he is 鈥�碍峁泃补鈥�.鈥�(302)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
Cf. Aitareya Br膩hma峁嘺 7.15.
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 9.301-312)