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 11.40
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
इन्द्रियाणि यशः स्वर्गमायुः कीर्तिं प्रजाः पशून् ।
हन्त्यल्पदक्षिणो यज्ञस्तस्मान्नाल्पधनो यजेत् ॥ ४० ॥indriyāṇi yaśaḥ svargamāyuḥ kīrtiṃ prajāḥ paśūn |
hantyalpadakṣiṇo yajñastasmānnālpadhano yajet || 40 ||A sacrifice with small fees destroys the organs, honour, heaven, longevity, fame, offspring and cattle. Hence one possessed of small means shall not perform sacrifices.—(40).
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
This verse describes the results following from the transgression of the aforementioned rule.—(40).
Comparative notes by various authors
Mahābhārata (12.165.25).—(Same as Manu.)