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 10.131
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
एष धर्मविधिः कृत्स्नश्चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य कीर्तितः ।
अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रायश्चित्तविधिं शुभम् ॥ १३१ ॥eṣa dharmavidhiḥ kṛtsnaścāturvarṇyasya kīrtitaḥ |
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi prāyaścittavidhiṃ śubham || 131 ||Thus has the entire law relating to the duties or the four castes been described; after this I am going to expound the excellent law relating to Expiatory Rites.—(131)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The mere reading of the words makes the meaning of this text clear.—(131)
End of Discourse X.