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 2.247
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶嗋啶距ぐ啷嵿く啷� 啶む 啶栢げ啷� 啶啶班啶む 啶椸啶班啶啶む啶班 啶椸啶｀ぞ啶ㄠ啶掂た啶む 啷�
啶椸啶班啶︵ぞ啶班 啶膏お啶苦ぃ啷嵿ぁ啷� 啶掂ぞ 啶椸啶班啶掂う啷� 啶掂啶む啶むた啶ぞ啶氞ぐ啷囙い啷� 啷� 啷ㄠオ啷� 啷�膩c膩rye tu khalu prete guruputre gu峁嚹乶vite |
gurud膩re sapi峁囜笉e v膩 guruvad v峁泃tim膩caret || 247 ||The Preceptor having died, he should serve, in the same manner as the Preceptor, the qualified son of the Preceptor, or the Preceptor鈥檚 wife, or his 厂补辫颈峁囜笉补.鈥�(247)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
This injunction is meant for the Life-long Student.
In the absence of the Preceptor, he should continue to live in residence, either with the Preceptor鈥檚 son, who is endowed with Vedic learning and other qualities, or with the Preceptor鈥檚 widow, or with the Preceptor鈥檚 鈥�厂补辫颈峁囜笉补鈥�; and towards each of these he should behave as towards his Preceptor; i.e., he should present to him the food he obtains as alms, and so forth.
The term 鈥�诲腻谤腻,鈥� denoting, has been regarded by grammarians as always used with the plural ending; but writers on Sm峁泃i use the singular form also; e.g., 鈥�顿丑补谤尘补辫谤补箩腻- sampanne d膩re n膩ny膩m kurv墨ta鈥� (膧pa峁ａ弓amba, 2.11.13).鈥�(247)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
鈥�厂补辫颈峁囜笉别鈥�.鈥擳he 鈥�厂补辫颈峁囜笉补鈥� is defined below in 5.60.
This verse is quoted in 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (膧c膩ra, p. 458) as laying down the duties of the life-long Student;鈥攊n 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 109) in support of the view that in the absence of the Teacher鈥檚 wife, the Student should take up 鈥榬esidence鈥� with the Teacher鈥檚 厂补辫颈峁囜笉补, and in the absence of this latter also, he should betake himself to the 鈥榯ending of Fire鈥�;鈥攊n 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 549) to the effect that 鈥榬esidence with Fire鈥� is to be taken up only in the absence of the Teacher鈥檚 厂补辫颈峁囜笉补;鈥攊n 痴颈诲丑腻苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 504), along with the following verse;鈥攊n 贬腻谤补濒补迟腻 (p. 76) as referring to the 鈥�Life-long Student鈥�;鈥攁nd in 厂尘峁泃颈肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 167), which says that this refers to cases where no 厂补辫颈峁囜笉补 is available.
Comparative notes by various authors
Gautama (3. 7).鈥斺�業n the absence of the teacher, service should be rendered to bis offspring.鈥�
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (28. 44, 45).鈥斺�極n the death of the teacher, one should reside with his son, as with the teacher himself:鈥攐r with the teacher鈥檚 wife, or with others of the same caste.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1. 49).鈥斺�業n the absence of the teacher, he shall reside either with his son, or with his wife or with his fire.鈥�