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 12.2 [The Philosophy of Action and its Retribution (karmayoga)]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
स तानुवाच धर्मात्मा महर्षीन् मानवो भृगुः ।
अस्य सर्वस्य शृणुत कर्मयोगस्य निर्णयम् ॥ २ ॥sa tānuvāca dharmātmā maharṣīn mānavo bhṛguḥ |
asya sarvasya śṛṇuta karmayogasya nirṇayam || 2 ||The righteous Bhṛgu, sprung for Manu, said to the Great Sages—‘Listen to the truth regarding the relation of Actions.’—(2)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
This is the answer to the question of the sages.
‘Listen to what you have asked.’
‘Karma-yoga’—The compound is to be explained as the ‘yoga,’ ‘relation,’ of ‘karma,’ ‘actions’; and from the context it is clear that it is the ‘relation’ to results that is meant’—(2)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
(verses 12.1-4)
See Comparative notes for Verse 12.1.