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 3.141
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶膏ぎ啷嵿き啷嬥啶距え啶� 啶膏ぞ啶洁き啶苦す啶苦い啶� 啶啶多ぞ啶氞 啶︵啷嵿し啶苦ぃ啶� 啶︵啶掂た啶溹啶� 啷�
啶囙す啷堗さ啶距じ啷嵿い啷� 啶む 啶膏ぞ 啶侧啶曕 啶椸啶班え啷嵿ぇ啷囙さ啷堗啶掂啶多啶え啶� 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�sambhoj膩ni s膩'bhihit膩 pai艣膩c墨 诲补办峁峁嚹� dvijai岣� |
ihaiv膩ste tu s膩 loke gaurandhevaikave艣mani || 141 ||This convivial dinner has been called by twice-born people the 鈥済ift of devils.鈥� It remains in this world alone, like the blind cow tied in a single room.鈥�(141)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
The particle 鈥�sam鈥� (in 鈥�厂补尘产丑辞箩补苍墨) connotes convivility; and the term 鈥�蝉补尘产丑辞箩补苍墨鈥� means that at which men dine together; such convivial dinner is possible only among friends. Or, the word 鈥�蝉补尘产丑辞箩补尘墨鈥� may be taken as standing for a social dinner of several people.
The making of friendships by 艢r膩ddhas is a custom with 鈥榙evils,鈥欌赌攖he term 鈥榙evil鈥� here standing for highway robbers.
This gift 鈥�remains in this world alone鈥欌赌�i.e., it is not capable of bringing rewards in the other world; just as the blind cow, which remains tied in a single room, so this gift also remains in this world only,鈥�i.e., the only result it brings about is the goodwill of friends,鈥攁nd it does not bring any benefit to the ancestors.
The term 鈥�诲补办峁峁嚹�鈥� here stands for gift.鈥�(141)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
鈥�笔补颈艣腻肠墨鈥欌赌斺�楪ift of devils;鈥�i.e., offered in the manner of devils鈥� (Medh膩tithi, Govindar膩ja, Kull奴ka, and R膩ghav膩nanda);鈥斺�榦ffered to devils鈥� (N膩r膩ya峁嘺 and Nandana).
Hopkins traces the origin of verses 138 to 141 to certain verses of the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补: Verse 140 corresponds to 13.90.42 of the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补; verse 138 to 13.90.43; verse 142 to 13.90.44; verse 141 to 13.90.46 of the 惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补.
Comparative notes by various authors
惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (Anu艣膩sana, 90.46).鈥斺�楢 convivial dinner is the Devil鈥檚 Gift; it reaches neither the gods nor Pit峁泂; devoid of virtue, it wanders about in this world.鈥�
膧辫补蝉迟补尘产补-顿丑补谤尘补蝉奴迟谤补 (2.17.7).鈥擺Reproduces the above with one slight verbal variation.]