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 6.96
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
एवं संन्यस्य कर्माणि स्वकार्यपरमोऽस्पृहः ।
संन्यासेनापहत्यैनः प्राप्नोति परमं गतिम् ॥ ९६ ॥evaṃ saṃnyasya karmāṇi svakāryaparamo'spṛhaḥ |
saṃnyāsenāpahatyainaḥ prāpnoti paramaṃ gatim || 96 ||Having thus renounced all rites, intent upon his own duty, free from longings, he destroys sin by his renunciation and attains the highest state.—(96).
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘His oven duty’—meditation on the Soul; he for whom this is the highest duty.
‘Free from longings’—not entertaining a desire for anything, even in his mind—(96).