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 4.16
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶囙え啷嵿う啷嵿ぐ啶苦く啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啷囙し啷� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙し啷� 啶� 啶啶班じ啶溹啶啶� 啶曕ぞ啶い啶� 啷�
啶呧い啶苦お啷嵿ぐ啶膏啷嵿い啶苦 啶氞啶む啶粪ぞ啶� 啶え啶膏ぞ 啶膏啶ㄠた啶掂ぐ啷嵿い啶啶む 啷� 啷оガ 啷�indriy膩rthe峁 sarve峁 na prasajyeta k膩mata岣� |
atiprasakti峁� caite峁Ｄ佱箖 manas膩 sa峁僴ivartayet || 16 ||He shall not, through desires, become addicted to any sensual objects; excessive addiction to these, he shall avoid by mental reflection.鈥�(10)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�Sensual objects.鈥欌赌� Objects of sense, colour, taste, and the rest; 鈥� 鈥�to these he shall not become addicted,鈥欌赌�i.e., he shall not attend to them too much. Lovely young girls, sounds of flute and music, sweet taste, perfumes of camphor and other things, loving touch,鈥攁ll these one shall not enjoy over much.
鈥�Through desire鈥欌赌�i.e., by reason of the predominating influence of desire.
In regard to all these, one should keep one鈥檚 own enjoyment under proper check; just in the same manner as one keeps one鈥檚 desire for wealth under check, by. restricting one鈥檚 earning? only to what one gets without begging.
鈥�Excessive addiction to these.鈥欌赌擳his points out the method of restraining one鈥檚 desires. Attachment to objects cannot be checked by the mind; it can be checked by reflecting upon them as inimical to one鈥檚 best interests. At first, one should not seek to obtain them; and when they do come to one, and one has enjoyed them once, one should reflect upon the following facts relating to them:鈥擳hese are such that in a moment they cease to be agreeable,鈥攖hey are transient,鈥攖hey are forbidden by the scriptures,鈥攁ttachment to them leads to hell, and so forth. This is what has been already said under 2.96 above.鈥�(16)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 217);鈥攁nd in 笔谤腻测补艣肠颈迟迟补惫颈惫别办补 (p. 10).
Comparative notes by various authors
Gautama (9.50).鈥斺�楬e shall not give much scope to the sexual organs, the stomach, the hand, the feet, the speech and the eye.鈥�
膧辫补蝉迟补尘产补 (2.5).鈥斺�楤y controlling the activities of the mind, the speech, the breath, the eye, the ear, the tactile organ, the sexual organ,鈥攈e attains immortality.鈥�
叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补 (2.2.1).鈥斺�楢lways using water, always wearing the sacred thread, daily studying the Veda, avoiding the 艢奴dra鈥檚 food, approaching his wife only during the season, offering oblations according to rule,鈥攖he Br膩hma峁嘺 falls not from the region of Brahman.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.122).鈥斺��......Control of the senses......these are conducive to the accomplishment of Dharma, for all men.鈥�