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...

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

कल्पयित्वाऽस्य वृत्तिं च रक्षेदेनं समन्ततः ।
राजा हि धर्मषड्भागं तस्मात् प्राप्नोति रक्षितात् ॥ २३ ॥

kalpayitvā'sya vṛttiṃ ca rakṣedenaṃ samantataḥ |
rājā hi dharmaṣaḍbhāgaṃ tasmāt prāpnoti rakṣitāt || 23 ||

Having provided a living for him, the king shall protect him in every way; since he obtains, from the person thus protected, the sixth part of his spiritual merit.—(23)

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

The meaning of this verse is quite clear.—(23)

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