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 9.300
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
आरभेतैव कर्माणि श्रान्तः श्रान्तः पुनः पुनः ।
कर्माण्यारभमाणं हि पुरुषं श्रीर्निषेवते ॥ ३०० ॥ārabhetaiva karmāṇi śrāntaḥ śrāntaḥ punaḥ punaḥ |
karmāṇyārabhamāṇaṃ hi puruṣaṃ śrīrniṣevate || 300 ||Tired and tired, over again he should begin his operations; for fortune favours the man who undertakes operations.—(300)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Man’.—This shows that it is not only the King, but also the ordinary man who attains prosperity by exerting himself. This is what is meant by the saying—‘Even at the hands of death one should seek prosperity.’—(300)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in Vīramitrodaya (Rājanīti, p. 329).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 9.298-300)
See Comparative notes for Verse 9.298.