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 12.79-80
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
बन्धुप्रियवियोगांश्च संवासं चैव दुर्जनैः ।
द्रव्यार्जनं च नाशं च मित्रामित्रस्य चार्जनम् ॥ ७९ ॥
जरां चैवाप्रतीकारां व्याधिभिश्चोपपीडनम् ।
क्लेशांश्च विविधांस्तांस्तान् मृत्युमेव च दुर्जयम् ॥ ८० ॥bandhupriyaviyogāṃśca saṃvāsaṃ caiva durjanaiḥ |
dravyārjanaṃ ca nāśaṃ ca mitrāmitrasya cārjanam || 79 ||
jarāṃ caivāpratīkārāṃ vyādhibhiścopapīḍanam |
kleśāṃśca vividhāṃstāṃstān mṛtyumeva ca durjayam || 80 ||Separations from relations and loved ones, dwelling with the wicked, acquiring wealth and losing it, making of friends and enemies.—(79)
Inevitable decrepitude, the pangs of sickness, various forms of afflictions and unconquerable death.—(80)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
(verses 12.79-80)
The meaning of these two verses is clear.—(79-80)