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 3.246
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶夃啷嵿啷囙し啶｀ぞ啶� 啶啶た啶椸い啶啶苦す啷嵿ぎ啶膏啶ぞ啶多啶膏啶� 啶� 啷�
啶︵ぞ啶膏さ啶班啶椸じ啷嵿く 啶むい啷� 啶た啶む啶班啶 啶ぞ啶椸ぇ啷囙く啶� 啶啶班啶曕啶粪い啷� 啷� 啷ㄠオ啷� 啷�ucche峁峁嚹佱箖 bh奴migatamajihmasy膩艣a峁環asya ca |
诲腻蝉补惫补谤驳补sya tat pitrye bh膩gadheya峁� pracak峁te || 246 ||At the rite in honour of the Pit峁泂, the remnant fallen on the ground is regarded as the share of straightforward, dutiful servants.鈥�(246)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
The preceding verse has described the disposal of the remnant in the dishes; the present verse mentions the fact that the remnant fallen on the ground is for servants.
鈥�Ajihma鈥� means 鈥�not dishonest,鈥� 鈥榮traightforward.鈥�
鈥�础艣补峁环补鈥� is 鈥榥ot idle,鈥� 鈥榙utiful.鈥�
Of such servants the said remnant is the share.
For this reason, large quantities of food shall be served, so that, when the invited person is eating, something may fall on the ground.鈥�(246)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (on 1.239) in support of the view that 鈥榯he food served to the Br膩hma峁嘺s should be served in sufficiently large quantities, to make it possible for there being leavings, which constitute the share of the servants and others;鈥攊n 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (膧hnika, p. 376), without any comment;鈥攊n 狈颈谤峁嘺测补蝉颈苍诲丑耻 (p. 325);鈥攊n 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 504), which adds that what has been left fallen on the ground by the Br膩hma峁嘺s should be offered for such honest and hard working slaves as may have died;鈥攊n 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (艢r膩ddha, pp. 151 and 1511), which adds that 诲腻蝉补惫补谤驳补 here stands for the father鈥檚 principal servant who may be dead;鈥攁nd in 骋补诲腻诲丑补谤补辫补诲诲丑补迟颈 (K膩la, p. 562).
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (81.23).鈥擺Reproduces Manu.]
痴补艣颈峁ａ弓丑补 (1?.21).鈥斺�楾he remnant of food fallen on the ground, or scattered, as also the smearings and water,鈥攕hould be offered as food for those who may have died young, or for children.鈥�