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 3.144
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶曕ぞ啶 啶多啶班ぞ啶︵啶о啶洁ぐ啷嵿啶啶ㄠ 啶た啶む啶班 啶ㄠぞ啶た啶班啶ぎ啶た 啶む啶掂ぐ啶苦ぎ啷� 啷�
啶︵啶掂た啶粪い啶� 啶灌た 啶灌さ啶苦ぐ啷嵿き啷佮啷嵿い啶� 啶さ啶むた 啶啶班啶む啶� 啶ㄠた啶粪啶げ啶 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�k膩ma峁� 艣r膩ddhe'rcayen mitra峁� n膩bhir奴pamapi tvarim |
dvi峁t膩 hi havirbhukta峁� bhavati pretya ni峁halam || 144 ||One may entertain a friend at 艢r膩ddhas, but never a foe, even though qualified. The offering eaten by the enemy becomes futile after death.鈥�(144)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
[Medh膩tithi takes no note of this verse].
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
Medh膩tithi omits this verse. It is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 448) as permitting the feeding of the friend and others when no other Br膩hma峁嘺 is available;鈥攁nd in 艢谤腻诲诲丑补办谤颈测腻办补耻尘耻诲墨 (p. 41), which explains 鈥�补产丑颈谤奴辫补尘鈥� as 鈥榣earned and 鈥�pretya鈥� as 鈥榠n the other world.鈥�
Comparative notes by various authors
膧辫补蝉迟补尘产补-顿丑补谤尘补蝉奴迟谤补 (2.17.5-6).鈥斺�榃hen other men with proper qualifications are not available, one may feed even his own uterine brother; or even his own pupils.鈥�
叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补 (2.8.4).鈥斺�極ne may feed even a Sapi峁囜笉a if he is equipped with the 峁歬, the Yaju峁� and the S膩man.鈥�