Verse 1.60 [Bhṛgu Begins]

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

ततस्तथा स तेनोक्तो महर्षिमनुना भृगुः ।
तानब्रवीद् ऋषीन् सर्वान् प्रीतात्मा श्रूयतामिति ॥ ६० ॥

tatastathā sa tenokto maharṣimanunā bhṛguḥ |
tānabravīd ṛṣīn sarvān prītātmā śrūyatāmiti || 60 ||

Thereupon, being thus directed by Manu, the great sage Bhṛgu, with a gladdened heart, said to the sages—‘Listen.’—(60)

 

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):

That great sage ‘Bhṛgu,’ ‘bring thus directed’—prompted, by means of the words ‘Bhṛgu will describe it to you’;—‘thereupon,’—after that,—‘said to the sages’—‘Listen.’

‘With a gladdened heart’;—his gladness being due to the idea of respectability implied by the fact that from among the several pupils (of Manu) he had been directed to teach; Bhṛgu’s idea of his own respectability was based upon this idea—‘I, who am an obedient pupil of Manu, have been thus honoured by him, by reason of my special aptitude to expound the Law.’—(60)

 

[Here ends the introductory Section—describing the true origin
of the Law and the authorship of the present Treatise.]

[Now begins the actual Text of the Treatise, as expounded by
Bhṛgu, to the sages who had questioned Manu.]

 

Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha

With this verse ends the Introductory Section of the work, describing the Origin of the Law and the authorship of the ordinances.