Manava Dharmashastra 3.40
Manubhāṣya 3.40
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3.40
rūpaṃ manoharākṛtiḥ| sattvaṃ nāma guṇo dvādaśe vakṣyate| tābhyāmupetā yuktāḥ| āḍhyā dhanavantaḥ| śrutaśauryādiguṇayuktatayā khyātāḥ yaśasvinaḥ| paryāptabhogāḥ sraganulepanagītavādyādibhiḥ sukhasādhanairavikalairnityayuktāḥ| sukhasādhanaiḥ pūrvoktairaviyogo ‘bhogaḥ’, sa ‘paryāpto’'kṣataḥ samagro yeṣāṃ te ‘paryāptabhogāḥ’| dharmānuṣṭhānatatparā dharmiṣṭhāḥ| dharmaśabdaḥ keṣāṃcidguṇavacanaḥ| ato guṇavacanādityātiśāyikaḥ| śataṃ varṣāṇi jīvanti|
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
‘Beauty’—pleasing form.
‘Qualify of Goodness’—which is going to be described in Discourse XII.
‘Endowed with’ these—i.e., possessing these two.
‘Possessing wealth’—Wealthy.
‘Possessing fame’—Well-known as possessing the qualities of learning, bravery, and so forth.
‘With full enjoyment’—i.e., supplied with sufficient quantities of such means of enjoyment as garlands, sandal-paint, music, vocal and instrumental, and so forth.
‘Enjoyment’ stands for non-separation from the above-mentioned means of enjoyment; and those for whom this is ‘full’—not deficient, complete—are said to be ‘with full enjoyment.’
‘Righteous,’ ‘dharmiṣṭha’—i.e., engaged in the performance of righteous acts. The term ‘dharma,’ according to Some, is an adjective; and hence it has taken the superlative affix (‘iṣṭha’).
‘They live for a hundred years’—(40)
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