Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi
by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 1,381,940 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553
This is the English translation of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of Sanskrit verses dealing with ‘Dharma’, a collective name for human purpose, their duties and the law. Various topics will be dealt with, but this volume of the series includes 12 discourses (adhyaya). The commentary on this text by Medhatithi elaborately explains various t...
Verse 11.247 [Expiation of Secret Sins]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
इत्येतदेनसामुक्तं प्रायश्चित्तं यथाविधि ।
अत ऊर्ध्वं रहस्यानां प्रायश्चित्तं निबोधत ॥ २४७ ॥ityetadenasāmuktaṃ prāyaścittaṃ yathāvidhi |
ata ūrdhvaṃ rahasyānāṃ prāyaścittaṃ nibodhata || 247 ||The due expiation of sins has thus been described; listen after this to the expiation of secret sins.—(247)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
This sets forth the connection between the preceding and present sections.—(247)