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 3.284
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶掂じ啷傕え啷� 啶掂う啶ㄠ啶むた 啶む 啶た啶む啶ㄠ 啶班啶︵啶班ぞ啶傕ざ啷嵿啷堗さ 啶た啶むぞ啶す啶距え啷� 啷�
啶啶班お啶苦い啶距ぎ啶灌ぞ啶傕じ啷嵿い啶ムぞ啶洁う啶苦い啷嵿く啶距え啷� 啶多啶班啶むた啶班啶粪ぞ 啶膏え啶距い啶ㄠ 啷� 啷ㄠギ啷� 啷�vas奴n vadanti tu pit峁漬 rudr膩峁兣沜aiva pit膩mah膩n |
prapit膩mah膩峁僺tath膩'dity膩n 艣rutire峁Ｄ� san膩tan墨 || 284 ||They call the Fathers 鈥淰asus;鈥� the grandfathers they call 鈥淩udras,鈥� and the great-grandfathers they call 鈥溎乨ityas鈥� such is the ancient text.鈥�(284)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
This verse is intended to prompt a man who, through ill-will towards his father, is disinclined to perform 艢r膩ddhas.
The three grades of ancestors, to whom balls are offered, are the same as the Vasus and other gods; hence they should be looked upon as gods.
鈥�Such is the text鈥欌�攖his is found in the Veda; hence 鈥�ancient鈥欌�攖he Veda being eternal.鈥�(284)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 461), which explains the meaning to be that the Father should be thought of as Vasu, the grandfather as Rudra and the great-grandfather as 膧ditya;鈥攊n 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (艢r膩ddha, p. 64);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) as setting forth the form of the Pit峁泂.
Comparative notes by various authors
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.269).鈥斺�楾he Pit峁泂 are the deities of the 艢r膩ddha鈥擵asu, Rudra and 膧ditya; and being satisfied with the 艢r膩ddha, they satisfy the Pit峁泂.鈥�
狈补苍诲颈辫耻谤腻峁嘺 (Caturvargacint膩ma峁噄-艢r膩ddha, p. 64).鈥斺�榁i峁ａ箛u is the father of the world, Brahm膩 the grand-father and myself (艢iva), the great-grand-father.鈥�
膧诲颈迟测补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 (Do.).鈥斺�楾he months are the father, the seasons the grand-father and the year the great-grandfather of the people.鈥�