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 12.45
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶澿げ啷嵿げ啶� 啶げ啷嵿げ啶� 啶ㄠ啶距ざ啷嵿啷堗さ 啶啶班啶粪ぞ啶� 啶多じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶掂啶む啶むく啶� 啷�
啶︵啶啶むお啶距え啶啶班じ啶曕啶むぞ啶多啶� 啶溹啶ㄠ啶ぞ 啶班ぞ啶溹じ啷� 啶椸い啶苦 啷� 啷カ 啷�jhall膩 mall膩 na峁伵沜aiva puru峁Ｄ佱弗 艣astrav峁泃taya岣� |
dy奴tap膩naprasakt膩艣ca jaghany膩 r膩jas墨 gati岣� || 45 ||Stick-fencers, wrestlers, actors, men subsisting by the use of weapons, those addicted to gambling and drinking,鈥攔epresent the lowest state among those partaking of the quality of 鈥楻ajas.鈥欌��(45)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Stick-fencers and wrestlers鈥欌�攑rofessionals who are used to descend into public arena;鈥斺��Malla鈥� standing for wrestlers, and 鈥�jhalla鈥� for those who fight with sticks, or clowns, who make a living by jokes.鈥�(45)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 1000);鈥攊n 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 693);鈥攊n 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (Pr膩ya艣citta p. 488);鈥攁nd in 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (Pr膩ya艣citta, 41a).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 12.32-51)
See Comparative notes for Verse 12.32.