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 8.83
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
सत्येन पूयते साक्षी धर्मः सत्येन वर्धते ।
तस्मात् सत्यं हि वक्तव्यं सर्ववर्णेषु साक्षिभिः ॥ ८३ ॥satyena pūyate sākṣī dharmaḥ satyena vardhate |
tasmāt satyaṃ hi vaktavyaṃ sarvavarṇeṣu sākṣibhiḥ || 83 ||‘By truth is the witness purified, by truth does merit grow: hence the truth should be spoken by witnesses of all castes.’—(83)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Purified’—becomes pure; i.e., purged of other sins also. The rest is clear.
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 8.79-86)
See Comparative notes for Verse 8.79.