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 6.93
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
दश लक्षणानि धर्मस्य ये विप्राः समधीयते ।
अधीत्य चानुवर्तन्ते ते यान्ति परमां गतिम् ॥ ९३ ॥daśa lakṣaṇāni dharmasya ye viprāḥ samadhīyate |
adhītya cānuvartante te yānti paramāṃ gatim || 93 ||Those Brāhmaṇas, who properly study the ten forms of duty, and having studied them, follow them in practice, reach the highest state.—(93).
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
This describes the reward of what has just been enjoined. The mention of the reward of study is meant to eulogise the actual performance.—(93).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
(verses 6.87-93)
See Comparative notes for Verse 6.87.