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 10.128
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
यथा यथा हि सद्वृत्तमातिष्ठत्यनसूयकः ।
तथा तथैमं चामुं च लोकं प्राप्नोत्यनिन्दितः ॥ १२८ ॥yathā yathā hi sadvṛttamātiṣṭhatyanasūyakaḥ |
tathā tathaimaṃ cāmuṃ ca lokaṃ prāpnotyaninditaḥ || 128 ||As the Śūdra, free from envy, maintains the right course of conduct, so does he, free from blame, gain this world and the next.—(128)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The meaning of this verse has been already explained.—(128)