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 5.47
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
यद् ध्यायति यत् कुरुते रतिं बध्नाति यत्र च ।
तदवाप्नोत्ययत्नेन यो हिनस्ति न किं चन ॥ ४७ ॥yad dhyāyati yat kurute ratiṃ badhnāti yatra ca |
He who does not injure anything obtains, without effort, what he thinks of, what h e undertakes, and what he fixes his heart upon.—(47).
tadavāpnotyayatnena yo hinasti na kiṃ cana || 47 ||
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘What he thinks of’,—in the shape of profit and honour, &c.
‘What he fixes his heart upon’,—whatever desirable thing he has longing for;—all this ‘he obtains without effort.’
‘What he undertakes’—whatever art he does, the reward of that he obtains, without and difficulty, immediately after the accomplishment of that act.—(47)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in Mitākṣarā (on 1.181) as laying down the indirect result of avoiding the killing of animals.
Comparative notes by various authors
Viṣṇu (51.70).—(Same as Manu.)
Yājñavalkya (l.181).—‘The self-controlled Brāhmaṇa, even though living in the house, obtains all desires and also the reward of Aśvamedha sacrifice, if he gives up meat.’
Bṛhaspati (Vīramitrodaya-Āhnika, p. 536).—‘If the non-greedy man cats not meat, even though he is ill or has been invited, he obtains, without effort, the reward of the Aśvamedha sacrifice.’
Yama (Vīramitrodaya-Āhnika).—‘The approver, the cutter, the killer, the buyer, the seller, and the cooker—all these are slayers......the eater is the seventh and the worst of all.’