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 3.230
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶呧じ啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶椸ぎ啶い啶� 啶啶班啶むぞ啶ㄠ 啶曕啶啶洁ぐ啷�啶ㄠえ啷冟い啶� 啶多啶ㄠ 啷�
啶ぞ啶︵じ啷嵿お啶班啶多じ啷嵿い啷� 啶班啷嵿し啶距啶膏た 啶︵啶粪啶曕啶む啶ㄠさ啶о啶ㄠえ啶 啷� 啷ㄠォ啷� 啷�asra峁� gamayati pret膩n kopo'r墨nan峁泃a峁� 艣una岣� |
p膩daspar艣astu rak峁Ｄ佱箖si du峁峁泃墨navadh奴nanam || 230 ||Tears make the food go to ghosts, anger to enemies, lie to dogs, touching with the foot to demons, and shaking to sinners.鈥�(230)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
This verse is supplementary to what has gone before in the preceding verse.
The shedding of tears, when done, makes the 艢r膩ddha-offering go鈥�i.e., sends it鈥攖o 鈥�ghosts鈥�; and it does not become helpful to the Pit峁泂. The term 鈥�preta,鈥� 鈥榞host,鈥� here stands for a particular class of beings, of the same kind as 笔颈艣腻肠补蝉; and not. for persons recently dead and not yet joined to their ancestors.
鈥�Demons鈥欌�攁lso should be understood in the same manner as 鈥榞hosts.鈥�
鈥�Enemies鈥欌赌攚别濒濒-办苍辞飞苍.
鈥�Sinners鈥欌�擯eople addicted to sinful deeds.鈥�(230)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 骋补诲腻诲丑补谤补辫补诲诲丑补迟颈 (K膩la, p. 550), which explains 鈥�诲耻峁峁泃腻苍鈥� as 鈥榮inners鈥�.
Comparative notes by various authors
Devala (Caturvarga-cint膩ma峁噄-艢r膩ddha, p. 1030).鈥斺�業f there is some flaw in cleanliness, R膩k峁sas take away all that is sacrificed or offered or given away or eaten, all japa, all austerities and all learning;鈥攕imilarly also what is given in anger, or what is eaten in hurry, the R膩k峁sas take away both these;鈥攈aving invited the Pit峁泂, one shall do nothing that may be improper; therefore one shall perform the 艢r膩ddha with speech and anger under control;鈥攐ne shall not be angry with any one, even though there be cause for it; what pleases the Pit峁泂 is the 艢r膩ddha that is free from anger.鈥�