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 11.179 [Expiation for associating with Outcasts]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
एषा पापकृतामुक्ता चतुर्णामपि निष्कृतिः ।
पतितैः सम्प्रयुक्तानामिमाः शृणुत निष्कृतीः ॥ १७९ ॥eṣā pāpakṛtāmuktā caturṇāmapi niṣkṛtiḥ |
patitaiḥ samprayuktānāmimāḥ śṛṇuta niṣkṛtīḥ || 179 ||Thus has the atonement tor the four kinds of sinners been set forth; now listen to these (following) expiations for those who associate with outcasts.—(179)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The meaning of the verse is quite clear.—(179)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in Prāyaścittaviveka (p. 141).