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 2.21
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶灌た啶さ啶︵啶掂た啶ㄠ啶о啶く啷嬥ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶о啶 啶い啷� 啶啶班ぞ啶椸 啶掂た啶ㄠざ啶ㄠぞ啶︵お啶� 啷�
啶啶班い啷嵿く啶椸啶� 啶啶班く啶距啶距啷嵿 啶ぇ啷嵿く啶︵啶多 啶啶班啷�啶班啶むた啶む 啷� 啷ㄠェ 啷�himavadvindhyayormadhya峁� yat pr膩g vina艣an膩dapi |
pratyageva pray膩g膩cca madhyade艣a岣� prak墨rtita岣� || 21 ||The country lying between the Him膩laya and the Vindhya, to the east of 痴颈苍补艣补苍补 and to the west of 笔谤补测腻驳补, is called the 鈥楳adhyade艣a,鈥� the 鈥楳iddle Country.鈥� (21)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
On the north lies the Him膩laya and on the south the Vindhya. 鈥�痴颈苍补艣补苍补鈥� is the name of the place where the Sarasvat墨 river has disappeared.鈥�(20)
鈥�笔谤补测腻驳补鈥欌�攊s the confluence of the Ga峁単膩 and the Yamun膩.
The region having these four as its boundaries is to be known by the name 鈥�惭补诲丑测补-诲别艣补.鈥� It is called 鈥�madhya鈥� or 鈥榤iddle,鈥� because it is neither very superior nor very inferior,鈥攁nd not because it is located the centre of the Earth.鈥�(21)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
鈥�痴颈苍腻艣补苍补鈥欌�擳his is the name given to the place where the river Sarasvat墨 becomes lost in the sands. Buhler says it lies in the district of Hissar, in the Punjab.
Buhler curiously translates 鈥�pratyak鈥� by 鈥榚ast,鈥� while it means west.
This verse is quoted in the 厂尘峁泃颈肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (p. 18), which explains 鈥�惫颈苍补艣补苍补鈥� as the place where the Sarasvat墨 has disappeared;鈥攊n the 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (Paribh膩峁, p. 56) which locates 鈥槼站辈圆古洸共圆光�� in the 碍耻谤耻办峁迟谤补,鈥攊n the 顿腻苍补尘补测奴办丑补, (p. 7),鈥攁nd the 厂补峁僺办腻谤补尘补测奴办丑补 (p. 4).
Comparative notes by various authors
(Verses 18-23)
See Comparative notes for Verse 2.18 (The Practice of Good Men).