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 3.196
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶︵啶む啶う啶距え啶掂く啶曕啶粪ぞ啶｀ぞ啶� 啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂啶班啶班啷嵿し啶膏ぞ啶 啷�
啶膏啶ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶曕た啶ㄠ啶ㄠぐ啶距ぃ啶距 啶� 啶膏啶啶むぞ 啶ぐ啷嵿す啶苦し啶︵啶洁い啷嵿ぐ啶苦啶距 啷� 啷оク啷� 啷�daityad膩navayak峁Ｄ佱箛膩峁� gandharvauragarak峁s膩m |
supar峁嘺kinnar膩峁嚹佱箖 ca sm峁泃膩 barhi峁do'trij膩岣� || 196 ||The Barhisads, the sons of Atri, are declared to be the Pit峁泂 of Daityas, D膩navas, Yak峁s, Gandharvas, Uragas, R膩k峁sas, 厂耻辫补谤峁嘺蝉 and Kinnaras.鈥�(196)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
All these, Daityas, &c., though not worthy of being mentioned in scriptures, have been mentioned here for purposes of the laudatory description. The forms and character of these beings are as described in the 滨迟颈丑腻蝉补蝉.
鈥�厂耻辫补谤峁嘺蝉鈥欌�攁re a particular kind of birds.
鈥�Kinnaras鈥欌�攁re horse-faced beings.
The purport of this laudatory description is that鈥攕o essential is the performance of 艢谤腻诲诲丑补蝉 that even Daityas, D膩navas and R膩k峁sas, who generally interfere with sacrificial performances, cannot avoid it; nor even animals, who have no intelligence and no memory.
The sons of Atri are called 鈥�叠补谤丑颈峁诲蝉.鈥欌�� (196)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (艢r膩ddha, p. 55).