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 7.51
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
दण्डस्य पातनं चैव वाक्पारुष्यार्थदूषणे ।
क्रोधजेऽपि गणे विद्यात् कष्टमेतत् त्रिकं सदा ॥ ५१ ॥daṇḍasya pātanaṃ caiva vākpāruṣyārthadūṣaṇe |
krodhaje'pi gaṇe vidyāt kaṣṭametat trikaṃ sadā || 51 ||In the set born of Anger,—Assault, Cruelty of speech and Misappropriation of property,—are to be regarded as the three most pernicious.—(51).
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
It is well known that these three are worse than Tale-bearing and other vices.—(51)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in Mitākṣarā (on 1.301);—in Vīramitrodaya (Lakṣaṇa, p. 198);—in Vīramitrodaya (Rājanīti, p. 148);—in Parāśaramādhava (Ācāra, p. 413).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 7.45-53)
See Comparative notes for Verse 7.45.