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 2.195
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶啶班い啶苦ざ啷嵿ぐ啶距さ啶｀じ啶啶ぞ啶粪 啶多く啶距え啷� 啶� 啶膏ぎ啶距啶班啶む 啷�
啶ㄠぞ啶膏啶ㄠ 啶� 啶� 啶啶炧啶溹ぞ啶ㄠ 啶� 啶むた啶粪啶犩え啷嵿え 啶ぐ啶距啷嵿ぎ啷佮啶� 啷� 啷оク啷� 啷�prati艣r膩va峁嘺sambh膩峁 艣ay膩no na sam膩caret |
n膩s墨no na ca bhu帽j膩no na ti峁ａ弓hanna par膩峁卪ukha岣� || 195 ||He should not listen to and converse with (his Teacher), while lying down; nor while seated, nor while eating, nor while standing, nor with his face turned away.鈥�(196)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�Listen to鈥欌赌�i.e., listening to the words of the Teacher, when the latter calls him and directs him to do some work.
鈥�Converse with鈥欌赌�i.e., holding conversation with the teacher.
鈥楲istening鈥� and 鈥榗onversing鈥� form the copulative compound 鈥�辫谤补迟颈艣谤补惫补峁嘺蝉补尘产丑腻峁.鈥�
鈥�While lying down鈥�;鈥�i.e., with his body reclining upon his owa bed.
鈥�Na sam膩caret鈥欌赌攕hould not do.
鈥�Not while seated鈥欌赌攗pon a seat.
鈥�Nor while eating, nor while stand,鈥欌赌�i.e., standing up right in one place, without moving.
鈥�Nor with face turned away鈥欌赌�i.e., with face averted from the direction in which the Teacher may be looking.鈥�(195)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 106);鈥攁nd in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 56), which explains 鈥�辫谤补迟颈艣谤补惫补峁嘽鈥� as 鈥�补峁単墨办腻谤补鈥� 鈥榓cceptance鈥�.
Comparative notes by various authors
Gautama (2.31).鈥斺�楾he answering of the teacher should be done while one is not lying down, or sitting or standing.鈥�
膧辫补蝉迟补尘产补-顿丑补谤尘补蝉奴迟谤补 (1.6.5, 7).鈥斺�楴ear the teacher, he should not address the teacher lying down; nor without rising while the teacher is standing.鈥�
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (28.18).鈥斺�楬e should not address the teacher, while standing, or seated or lying down, or eating, or with face turned away.鈥�