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 12.34
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
त्रयाणामपि चैतेषां गुणानां त्रिषु तिष्ठताम् ।
इदं सामासिकं ज्ञेयं क्रमशो गुणलक्षणम् ॥ ३४ ॥trayāṇāmapi caiteṣāṃ guṇānāṃ triṣu tiṣṭhatām |
idaṃ sāmāsikaṃ jñeyaṃ kramaśo guṇalakṣaṇam || 34 ||This should be understood to be in brief the characteristic of these three qualities in order, as they appear at the three times.—(34)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘At the three times.’—This refers either (a) to the three conditions of equilibrium, increase and decrease, or (b) the high, low and middling character of the results.
‘This’—refers to what follows.—(34)
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 12.32-51)
See Comparative notes for Verse 12.32.