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 3.268
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶︵啶掂 啶ぞ啶膏 啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啶ぞ啶傕じ啷囙え 啶む啶班啶ㄠ 啶ぞ啶膏ぞ啶ㄠ 啶灌ぞ啶班た啶｀啶� 啶む 啷�
啶呧啶班き啷嵿ぐ啷囙ぃ啶距ぅ 啶氞い啷佮ぐ啶� 啶多ぞ啶曕啶ㄠ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶啷嵿 啶掂 啷� 啷ㄠガ啷� 啷�dvau m膩sau matsyam膩峁僺ena tr墨n m膩s膩n h膩ri峁噀na tu |
aurabhre峁嚹乼ha catura岣� 艣膩kunen膩tha pa帽ca vai || 268 ||For two months by fish-meat; for three months by the meat of deer; for four by that of sheep, and for five by that of birds.鈥�(268)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�Urabhra鈥欌赌掷丑别别辫.
鈥�Birds鈥欌赌擶ild cocks, etc.
鈥�fish鈥欌赌�笔腻峁环墨苍补, and the rest.鈥�(268)
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. 705);鈥攊n 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (艢r膩ddha, p. 586);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. 536), which explains 鈥�aurabhra鈥� as mutton.
Comparative notes by various authors
惭补迟蝉测补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 (笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补, p. 705).鈥斺�楩ood mixed with curd and milk and cow鈥檚 butter mixed with sugar keep the Pit峁泂 satisfied for a month.鈥�
惭腻谤办补峁囜笉别测补 (Do.).鈥斺�榃ith wheat, sugar-cane, Mudga, K峁Ｄ箛aka, grains, offered at 艢r膩ddha, the forefathers remain satisfied for a month.鈥擶ith Vid膩rya, Bhacu峁囜笉a, lotus-root, 艢峁涐箙g膩峁璦ka, Kecuka, Kanda, Karkandh奴, plums, P膩levata, R膩tuka, Ak峁峁璦, jack-fruit, K膩kol墨, K峁Ｄ玶ak膩kol墨, Pi峁囜笉膩laka, fried grains, 艢al膩, Trapusa, V膩ru, Cirbha峁璦, Sar峁pa, R膩ja艣膩ka, I峁単u岣峚, R膩jajamb奴, Priy膩la, 膧malaka, Parigu, Tilambaka, Vetr膩峁卥ura, T膩lakanda, Cakrik膩, K峁Ｄ玶ika, Vaca, Moca with Lakuca, B墨jap奴raka, Mu帽j膩taka, Padmapala, and other well-cooked food,鈥攐ffered at 艢r膩ddha, the Pit峁泂 of men remain satisfied for a month.鈥�
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (80. 2-5).鈥斺�楩or two months, with fish and meat;鈥攆or three months with deer-moat;鈥攆or four months with sheep-meat;鈥攆or five months with bird-meat; for eleven months with the aurabhra meat, for one year with milk or its preparations.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.258).鈥斺�楩ish and the meat of deer, sheep, bird, goat and the P峁涐梗at deer.鈥�
膧辫补蝉迟补尘产补 (2.7.2-3).鈥斺�楽o also with the meat of the 艢膩tabali fish,鈥攁nd that of old goat.鈥�
惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (13.88.5)鈥斺�楾he satisfaction of Pit峁泂, obtained with fish, lasts for two months.鈥�