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 11.136
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶掂ぞ啶膏 啶︵う啷嵿く啶距う啷� 啶灌く啶� 啶灌い啷嵿さ啶� 啶啷嵿 啶ㄠ啶侧ぞ啶ㄠ 啶掂啶粪ぞ啶ㄠ 啶椸啶 啷�
啶呧啶啶粪ぞ啶掂え啶∴啶掂ぞ啶灌 啶栢ぐ啶� 啶灌い啷嵿さ啷堗啶灌ぞ啶え啶 啷� 啷оォ啷� 啷�v膩so dady膩d haya峁� hatv膩 pa帽ca n墨l膩n v峁涐梗膩n gajam |
ajame峁Ｄ乿ana岣峷膩ha峁� khara峁� hatvaikah膩yanam || 136 ||On killing a horse, one should give a garment; and five black bulls on killing an elephant; on killing a goat and a sheep, an ox; and on killing a hare, a one-year-old calf.鈥�(136)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Haya鈥欌�� horse.
鈥�Gaja鈥欌赌攅濒别辫丑补苍迟.
鈥�础苍补诲惫腻苍鈥欌�攐x; also on the killing of a goat and a sheep.
On killing a 鈥�hare鈥�, a 鈥�one-year-old calf鈥欌�� as is clear from the proximity of the 鈥榦x.鈥欌��(136)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (Pr膩ya艣citta p. 69);鈥攊n 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (3.271);鈥攁nd in 笔谤腻测补艣肠颈迟迟补惫颈惫别办补 (p. 230), which explains the meaning to he that for the killing of an ass, a ram or a goat, one should give a one year old bullock.
Comparative notes by various authors
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (3.272).鈥�(See under 135.)
叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补 (1.19.4).鈥斺�業f he has slain a milch cow, or a draught ox, he shall perform a 颁腻苍诲谤腻测补峁嘺 after paying the prescribed fine.鈥�
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (50.25-28).鈥斺�業f he has killed an elephant, he shall give five 苍墨濒补 bulls; if he has killed a horse, he must give a cloth; if he has killed an ass, he must give a calf one year old; the same if he has killed a ram or a goat.鈥�