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 3.200
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶� 啶忇い啷� 啶む 啶椸ぃ啶� 啶啶栢啶ぞ啶� 啶た啶む啶｀ぞ啶� 啶ぐ啶苦啷�啶班啶むた啶むぞ啶� 啷�
啶む啶粪ぞ啶お啷�啶� 啶掂た啶溹啶炧啶 啶啶む啶班お啷屶い啷嵿ぐ啶え啶ㄠ啶む啶 啷� 啷ㄠウ啷� 啷�ya ete tu ga峁嚹� mukhy膩岣� pit峁濁箛膩峁� parik墨rtit膩岣� |
te峁Ｄ乵ap墨ha vij帽eya峁� putrapautramanantakam || 200 ||Of the principal bodies of Pit峁泂 that have been described, know that there are endless sons and grandsons in this world.鈥�(200)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
The 鈥�厂辞尘补辫腻,鈥� and the rest, are the 鈥�principal bodies of Pit峁泂.鈥� Of these there are endless sons and grandsons; and these latter also are Pit峁泂.
The mention;of this indefinite number indicates that the offerings are not to be made in reference to the Somapa andothers; for, if the sons and grandsons of these were 鈥楶it峁泂鈥� then, as Pit峁泂, these sons and grandsons also may have the offerings made in reference to them; and yet no names of these have been mentioned; whence it is clear that all this is merely laudatory description.
The singular number in 鈥�putrapautrakam鈥� is in accordance with P膩峁噄ni 2.4.10.
鈥�Endless鈥欌�攗nlimited; the 鈥�ka鈥� having the reflexive sense.鈥�(200)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 贬别尘腻诲谤颈, (艢r膩ddha, p. 48).