Verse 1.102

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

तस्य कर्मविवेकार्थं शेषाणामनुपूर्वशः ।
स्वायम्भुवो मनुर्धीमानिदं शास्त्रमकल्पयत् ॥ १०२ ॥

tasya karmavivekārthaṃ śeṣāṇāmanupūrvaśaḥ |
svāyambhuvo manurdhīmānidaṃ śāstramakalpayat || 102 ||

It was for the purpose of regulating the actions of the Brāhmaṇa,—and incidentally of others also,—that the wise Manu Svāyambhuva Elaborated these institutes.—(102)

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

This verse serves the purpose of indicating the upshot of the entire eulogium pronounced on the Brāhmaṇa (in the foregoing verses);—[the sense being]—‘These institutes are so important that they serve the purposes of the Brāhmana who is endowed with a high degree of supremacy due to his own inherent excellence’;—‘for the puryose of regulating the actions,’—i.e. for the purposes of regulating, in the form ‘such and such acts should be done, and such and such others should be avoided’;—‘of others also,’ i.e. of the Kṣatriya and the rest;—‘Incidentally,’—i.e. primarily for the Brāhmaṇa, and only incidentally for the Kṣatriya and other castes;—‘he elaborated.’—set forth,—‘these institutes .’—(102)

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

‘Svāyambhuvo manuḥ’—This does not mean ‘Manu, who sprang from the self-existent’; it means only ‘Manu, Svāyambhuva by name’;—‘Svāyambhuva’ being the proper name of one of the Manus.

Anupūrvaśaḥ;—‘Incidentally’ (Medhātithi);—‘in due order’ (Rāmacandra).