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 3.161
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶啶班ぞ啶ぐ啷� 啶椸え啷嵿ぁ啶ぞ啶侧 啶� 啶多啶掂た啶む啶班啶ぅ啷� 啶た啶多啶ㄠじ啷嵿い啶ムぞ 啷�
啶夃え啷嵿ぎ啶む啶む啶洁え啷嵿ぇ啶多啶� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿啷嵿く啶距 啶膏啶啶班啶掂啶︵え啶苦え啷嵿う啶� 啶忇さ 啶� 啷� 啷оガ啷� 啷�产丑谤腻尘补谤墨 gan岣峚m膩l墨 ca 艣vitryatho pi艣unastath膩 |
unmatto'ndha艣ca varjy膩岣� syurvedanindaka eva ca || 161 ||An epileptic, one having a string of scrofulous swellings, one who suffers from leucoderma, the backbiter, the lunatic, the blind man, and the derider of the Veda鈥攁ll these should be avoided.鈥�(161)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
The words here used signify particular diseases.
鈥�叠丑谤腻尘补谤墨鈥欌�攊s an epileptic.
鈥�骋补峁囜笉补尘腻迟颈鈥欌�攐n whose cheeks and throat there appear swellings in the form of a string.
鈥�艢惫颈迟谤补鈥欌�攊s white leprosy, leucoderma.
鈥�笔颈艣耻苍补,鈥� 鈥�backbiter,鈥� is one who betrays other people鈥檚 secrets, and accuses them on the sly.
鈥�Lunatic鈥欌�攚hose mind is unsettled, either when there is derangement of his humours or when he is obssessed by a ghost, and he says and does things at random.
鈥�Blind man鈥欌�攚ho is without eyes.
鈥�Derider of the Veda鈥欌赌斺赌淭丑别 derider of the Veda has been already mentioned before by the term 鈥�产谤补丑尘补诲惫颈峁�鈥� 鈥榳ho is inimical to Brahman,鈥� where the term 鈥�brahman鈥� has been explained as having several meanings (signifying the 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺 as well as the Veda).鈥�
Not so; deriding is something totally different from being inimical; being inimical is a property of the mind, while deriding is speaking ill, of one by words expressing disregard.鈥�(161)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
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. 688), and on p. 694, the term 鈥�产丑谤腻尘补谤墨鈥� is explained as 鈥�v峁泃tyarthameva bhramaravat arth膩rjaka岣�,鈥� 鈥榦ne who, for his living, picks up wealth from here, there and everywhere, like the black bee鈥�;鈥攊n 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (艢r膩ddha, p. 481);鈥攁nd in 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (艢r膩ddha, p. 9a).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 3.150-166)
See Comparative notes for Verse 3.150.