Manava Dharmashastra 2.232
Manubhāṣya 2.232
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2.232
eteṣvapramādyannārādhane'skhalan | tathā ca tadārādhanāttatrīn lokāñjayetsvakuryādādhipatyamāpnuyāt | gṛhī | gṛhasthāvasthasya hi putrasya pitrādīnāṃ tatkṛtamārādhanamupayujyate | tadā hi tau vṛddhau bhavataḥ | dīpyamānaḥ śobhamānaḥ prakāśamāno vā svenaiva tejasā | devavadādityavaddivi loke modate |
The Householder who fails not towards these three would win the three regions, and rejoice in heaven, radiant in body, like a God.—(232)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Who fails not’—who does not omit the servise; i.e., by serving these ‘he wins,’—makes his own, obtains mastery over—‘the three regions.’
‘The householder.’—It is when the son has reached the householder’s stage that his service becomes of great value to his parents and others; as by that time they become old.
‘Radiant.’—Shining, resplendent with his own effulgence. ‘Like a God,’—i.e., like the Sun.
‘Rejoices in heaven’—in the heavenly regions.—(232)
Translations (1)
- Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English
Linked texts (1)
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit