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 3.62
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
स्त्रियां तु रोचमानायां सर्वं तद् रोचते कुलम् ।
तस्यां त्वरोचमानायां सर्वमेव न रोचते ॥ ६२ ॥striyāṃ tu rocamānāyāṃ sarvaṃ tad rocate kulam |
tasyāṃ tvarocamānāyāṃ sarvameva na rocate || 62 ||If the wife is radiant with beauty, the whole house is bright; but if she is destitute of beauty, all will appear dismal.—(62)
(Note: the above is an alternate translation by George Bühler)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
[Verses 57 to 66 have been omitted by Medhātithi.]
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
Verses 57—66 are omitted by Medhātithi. [Query—are they interpolations?] “These are very probably a later addition. The corresponding section in the Mahābhārata, 13.46 stops right here also.”—Hopkins. They are all quoted in Vivādaratnākara and in Parāśaramādhava.
(verse 3.61-62).—These verses are quoted in Vivādaratnākara (p. 421).