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:

अउषधान्यगदो विद्या दैवी च विविधा स्थितिः ।
तपसैव प्रसिध्यन्ति तपस्तेषां हि साधनम् ॥ २३७ ॥

auṣadhānyagado vidyā daivī ca vividhā sthitiḥ |
tapasaiva prasidhyanti tapasteṣāṃ hi sādhanam || 237 ||

Medicines, drugs, science and the various kinds of divine condition are acquired by austerity; as austerity is the means of their accomplishment.—(237)

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

Medicines’—metallic preparations.

Drug’— potions tending to allay diseases.

Science’— relating to elements and elementals.

Divine condition ’— the various kinds of power, of becoming very small, and so forth.—(237)

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

This verse is quoted in Smṛtitattva (p. 835).

 

Comparative notes by various authors

(verses 11.234-244)

See Comparative notes for Verse 11.234.

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