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 8.244
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
एतद् विधानमातिष्ठेद् धार्मिकः पृथिवीपतिः ।
स्वामिनां च पशूनां च पालानां च व्यतिक्रमे ॥ २४४ ॥etad vidhānamātiṣṭhed dhārmikaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ |
svāmināṃ ca paśūnāṃ ca pālānāṃ ca vyatikrame || 244 ||This is the rule that the righteous king shall observe, in the case of transgressions by owners, by cattle and by the keepers.—(244)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
This verse is easily intelligible.—(244)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in Vivādaratnākara (p. 176);—and in Vīramitrodaya (Vyavahāra, 139a).