[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) › [Manubhashya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi) › 3.40 # Manava Dharmashastra 3.40 Manubhāṣya 3.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.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. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Qualify of Goodness’—which is going to be described in Discourse XII. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Endowed with’ these—i.e., possessing these two. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Possessing wealth’—Wealthy. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘Possessing fame’—Well-known as possessing the qualities of learning, bravery, and so forth. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘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. > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘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.’ > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘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’). > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi > ‘They live for a hundred years’—(40) > — Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi - [Previous: 3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.39) - [Next: 3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.41) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3) ## Translations (1) - [Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi~en-jha.3.40.p2) — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.40) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu!medhatithi.3.40) · Pramāṇa