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 9.255
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
निर्भयं तु भवेद् यस्य राष्ट्रं बाहुबलाश्रितम् ।
तस्य तद् वर्धते नित्यं सिच्यमान इव द्रुमः ॥ २५५ ॥nirbhayaṃ tu bhaved yasya rāṣṭraṃ bāhubalāśritam |
tasya tad vardhate nityaṃ sicyamāna iva drumaḥ || 255 ||If however his kingdom, resting on the strength of his arms, is secure from danger,—it flourishes constantly, like a well-watered tree.—(255)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
What is already known is reiterated here, with reference to thieves.—(255)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in Vivādaratnākara (p. 294).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 9.253-255)
See Comparative notes for Verse 9.253.