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 9.336 [Conclusion]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
एषोऽनापदि वर्णानामुक्तः कर्मविधिः शुभः ।
आपद्यपि हि यस्तेषां क्रमशस्तन्निबोधत ॥ ३३६ ॥eṣo'nāpadi varṇānāmuktaḥ karmavidhiḥ śubhaḥ |
āpadyapi hi yasteṣāṃ kramaśastannibodhata || 336 ||Thus has the excellent law for the conduct of the castes in normal times been expounded; now listen in due order to what forms their duty in abnormal times.—(330)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The meaning is quite clear.—(330)
Thus ends Discourse IX.
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 9.333-336)
See Comparative notes for Verse 9.333.