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 11.29
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶掂た啶多啶掂啶多啶� 啶︵啶掂啶� 啶膏ぞ啶о啶啶多啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶灌啶ぃ啷堗ざ啷嵿 啶す啶班啶粪た啶た啶� 啷�
啶嗋お啶む啶膏 啶ぐ啶｀ぞ啶︵ 啶啶む啶班啶掂た啶о啶� 啶啶班い啶苦え啶苦ぇ啶苦 啶曕啶む 啷� 啷ㄠク 啷�vi艣vai艣ca devai岣� s膩dhyai艣ca br膩hma峁嘺i艣ca mahar峁bhi岣� |
膩patsu mara峁嚹乨 bh墨tairvidhe岣� pratinidhi岣� k峁泃a岣� || 29 ||The substitute of the Primary Rule was ordained by the 痴颈艣惫别诲别惫补蝉, the 厂腻诲丑测补蝉 and the great 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 Sages, when they were afraid of perishing in abnormal times.鈥�(29)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
This also means that the substitute shall be adopted only in adversity, never in prosperity.鈥�(29)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 167);鈥攁nd in 厂尘峁泃颈迟补迟迟惫补 II (p. 87.)
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 11.28-30)
See Comparative notes for Verse 1.75.