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 9.310
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
प्रतापयुक्तस्तेजस्वी नित्यं स्यात् पापकर्मसु ।
दुष्टसामन्तहिंस्रश्च तदाग्नेयं व्रतं स्मृतम् ॥ ३१० ॥pratāpayuktastejasvī nityaṃ syāt pāpakarmasu |
duṣṭasāmantahiṃsraśca tadāgneyaṃ vrataṃ smṛtam || 310 ||He shall always be endowed with brilliant energy and ardent in his wrath against offenders; he shall exterminate his disaffected vassals; this is the function of agni.—(310)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The function of fire is that it is furious and consuming against the wicked. ‘Vassals’—i.e., ministers and others endowed with riches.—(310)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in Vīramitrodaya (Rājanīti, p. 19).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 9.301-312)