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 11.75
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
जपन् वाऽन्यतमं वेदं योजनानां शतं व्रजेत् ।
ब्रह्महत्यापनोदाय मितभुज्ञियतेन्द्रियः ॥ ७५ ॥japan vā'nyatamaṃ vedaṃ yojanānāṃ śataṃ vrajet |
brahmahatyāpanodāya mitabhujñiyatendriyaḥ || 75 ||Or, for the purpose of expiating Brāhmaṇa -slay ing, he shall walk eight hundred miles, reciting one of the Vedas, eating little and controlling his senses.—(75)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Eating little’—i.e., just enough to satisfy his hunger.
‘Controlling his senses’—i.e.. leading a celibate life and not hankering after sensual objects.—(75)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in Prāyaścittaviveka (p. 172).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 11.72-86)
See Comparative notes for Verse 11.72.