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 3.86
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶曕啶灌啶掂 啶氞啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ啶い啷嵿く啷� 啶� 啶啶班啶距お啶むく 啶忇さ 啶� 啷�
啶膏す 啶︵啶ぞ啶掂ぞ啶啶ムた啶掂啶啶多啶� 啶むぅ啶� 啶膏啶掂た啶粪啶熰啷冟い啷囙そ啶ㄠ啶むい啶� 啷� 啷ガ 啷�kuhvai caiv膩numatyai ca praj膩pataya eva ca |
saha dy膩v膩p峁泃hivyo艣ca tath膩 svi峁ａ弓ak峁泃e'ntata岣� || 86 ||To Kuh奴, to Anumati, and to Praj膩pati; then to Dyau岣モ�擯峁泃hiv墨 jointly, and finally to 厂惫颈峁ａ弓补办峁泃,鈥欌��(86)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�To Dyau岣�-P峁泃hiv墨 jointly鈥欌�攚ith the formula 鈥�dy膩v膩-p峁泃hiv墨bhy膩m sv膩h膩.鈥�
鈥�Finally to 厂惫颈峁ａ弓补办峁泃鈥欌赌斺赌�厂惫颈峁ａ弓补办峁泃鈥� (accomplisher of what is extremely desirable) is an adjective, the deity qualified by it being Agni. That this is so is indicated by the assertion in another 厂尘峁泃颈 to the effect that 鈥榯his offering is to be made to Agni-厂惫颈峁ａ弓补办峁泃.鈥� This offering to Agni-厂惫颈峁ａ弓补办峁泃 has been prescribed in the Veda as to be made in the case of all Homas.
鈥�Finally鈥欌�� though this is already implied by the order in which the names have been mentioned, yet it has been reiterated (by means of the term 鈥榝inally鈥�) for the purpose of indicating that when, according to another 厂尘峁泃颈, a large number of oblations are offered conjointly under this head, that to 鈥�Agni-厂惫颈峁ａ弓补办峁泃鈥� should come first.
鈥淎ll these oblations forming a single act of Homa, the several deities mentioned should be treated as optional alternatives.鈥�
But whence does- it follow that there is a single Homa? Verse 85, which speaks of oblations 鈥榯o Agni and to Soma, etc.,鈥� is the originative Injunction of the Homas; and hence the Homa -offerings being severally qualified by the mention of several special deities, the Homas are clearly recognised as distinct.鈥�(86)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (膧hnika, p. 402), where it is explained that the offering to 鈥�Dy膩u岣�-p峁泃hiv墨 jointly鈥� should be made with the formula 鈥�Dy膩v膩p峁泃hiv墨bhy膩m sv膩h膩鈥�.
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 3.84-93)
See Comparative notes for Verse 3.84.