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 鈥楧harma鈥�, 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 1.12
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷嵿え啶｀啶∴ 啶� 啶啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ啶粪た啶む啶掂ぞ 啶ぐ啶苦さ啶む啶膏ぐ啶 啷�
啶膏啶掂く啶啶掂ぞ啶む啶え啷� 啶о啶ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶む 啶むう啶｀啶∴ぎ啶曕ぐ啷嬥う啷� 啶︵啶掂た啶оぞ 啷� 啷оエ 啷�tasminna峁囜笉e sa bhagav膩nu峁tv膩 parivatsaram |
svayamev膩tmano dhy膩n膩t tada峁囜笉amakarod dvidh膩 || 12 ||That supreme lord, having dwelt in that egg for a y ear, himself, by his own thought, broke that egg into two parts.鈥�(12)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�That Supreme Lord,鈥� Brahm膩,鈥斺��for a year,鈥� during a year,鈥斺��having dwelt in that egg,鈥欌�攖he omniscient one, who had come into existence and was seated in the egg, thought of the way in which he would come out of it;鈥斺��he broke the egg into two parts鈥�;鈥攐ne year is the time which the embryo takes for its development; so that after a year the egg, having reached its full development, burst (really), by reason of its full development having been reached. It is thus a chance coincidence that the egg burst just at the time that Brahm膩 was thinking of coming out; and it is in view of this coincidence that he is described as having broken the egg into two parts.鈥�(12)
Explanatory notes
Parivatsaram鈥擪ull奴. alone takes this to mean 鈥榓 year of Brahm膩鈥�; all others take it in the sense of the ordinary year; Cf. 艢atapatha Br膩hma峁嘺 11. 1. 6. 2.
顿丑测腻苍腻迟鈥擬edh膩tithi鈥檚 robust intellect again asserts itself: The Egg broke, not because the indwelling Brahm膩 willed it, hut because of its full development; and this coincided with Brahma鈥檚 wish to come out.