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 ‘Dharma’, 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 3.136
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
अश्रोत्रियः पिता यस्य पुत्रः स्याद् वेदपारगः ।
अश्रोत्रियो वा पुत्रः स्यात् पिता स्याद् वेदपारगः ॥ १३६ ॥aśrotriyaḥ pitā yasya putraḥ syād vedapāragaḥ |
aśrotriyo vā putraḥ syāt pitā syād vedapāragaḥ || 136 ||If a father happen to be ignorant of the Veda, whose son is thoroughly versed in the Veda,—and if the son happen to be ignorant of the Veda and the father is t horoughly versed in the Veda;—(136)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
This verse is intended to propound a doubt (as to which of the two is superior).—(136)