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 11.145
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
एतैर्व्रतैरपोह्यं स्यादेनो हिंसासमुद्भवम् ।
ज्ञानाज्ञानकृतं कृत्स्नं शृणुतानाद्यभक्षणे ॥ १४५ ॥etairvratairapohyaṃ syādeno hiṃsāsamudbhavam |
jñānājñānakṛtaṃ kṛtsnaṃ śṛṇutānādyabhakṣaṇe || 145 ||By means of these penances shall one remove the six arising from the act of slaying, either intentionally or unintentionally. Now listen to all that is involved in eating forbidden food.—(145)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘The sin arising from the act of slaying’—that which is produced by slaying—‘shall he removed’—is removable—by the penances just described;—whether the act be done intentionally or unintentionally.
Now listen to the method by which one could remove the sin involved in the eating of ‘forbidden food’—such food as ought not to be eaten.—(145)