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 11.98
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
एषा विचित्राभिहिता सुरापानस्य निष्कृतिः ।
अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि सुवर्णस्तेयनिष्कृतिम् ॥ ९८ ॥eṣā vicitrābhihitā surāpānasya niṣkṛtiḥ |
ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi suvarṇasteyaniṣkṛtim || 98 ||Thus have been described the various expiations for wine-drinking; after this I am going to expound the expiation for the theft of gold.—(98)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The purpose of the two halves of the verse is as is clearly stated here.—(98)