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Manava Dharmashastra 1.102

Manubhāṣya 1.102

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1.102

sarvasyāḥ brāhmaṇastuteḥ phalapradarśanārtha śloko'yam | evaṃvidhamidaṃ mahārtha śāstraṃ yattasya-svamahimnā'tyantikena mahattamasya brāhmaṇasya-karmaviveqārthaṃ-imāni karmāṇi kartavyāni imāni varjyāṇi-eṣa vivekastadartham | śeṣāṇāṃ ca kṣatriyādīnām | ānupūrvyaśaḥ prādhānyādbrāhmaṇasyānuṣaṅgātkṣatriyādīnāmidaṃ śāstramakalpayatkṛtavān |

It was for the purpose of regulating the actions of the Brāhmaṇa,—and incidentally of others also,—that the wise Manu Svāyambhuva Elaborated these institutes.—(102)

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
This verse serves the purpose of indicating the upshot of the entire eulogium pronounced on the Brāhmaṇa (in the foregoing verses);—[the sense being]—‘These institutes are so important that they serve the purposes of the Brāhmana who is endowed with a high degree of supremacy due to his own inherent excellence’;—‘for the puryose of regulating the actions,’—i.e. for the purposes of regulating, in the form ‘such and such acts should be done, and such and such others should be avoided’;—‘of others also,’ i.e. of the Kṣatriya and the rest;—‘Incidentally,’—i.e. primarily for the Brāhmaṇa, and only incidentally for the Kṣatriya and other castes;—‘he elaborated.’—set forth,—‘these institutes .’—(102)

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

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