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Manava Dharmashastra 5.46

Manubhāṣya 5.46

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Sanskrit

5.46

bandhanavadhā eva kleśāḥ | athavā viśasanādayaḥ | tānyo na kartumicchati, . viśasanameva yena na kṛtam, tadviṣayecchaiva yasya nivṛttā | na kevalaṃ pīḍāṃ na karoti, yāvaddhitaṃ prepsitu micchati sarvasya, sa sukhamatyantamaśnute |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
“Capture” and ‘death’ are the ‘sufferings’ meant; or ‘sufferings’ may be taken separately, as standing for ‘doing pecuniary harm’ etc.

He who seeks to do all this ,—i.e., who not only desists from such acts, but who never has any desire to do it;—such a person does not merely cense, to do harm to others, he actually becomes their ‘well-wisher’,—he is anxious to do good to them; and ‘he obtains perfect happiness’— (46).

This verse is quoted in Vīramitrodaya (Āhnika, p. 539).

Comparative notes by various authors
(verse 5.42-46)
See Comparative notes for Verse 5.42.

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

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