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 4.44
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ㄠぞ啶炧啶溹く啶ㄠ啶む啶� 啶膏啶掂啷� 啶ㄠ啶む啶班 啶� 啶氞ぞ啶啶啷嵿い啶距ぎ啶ㄠぞ啶掂啶むぞ啶 啷�
啶� 啶ざ啷嵿く啷囙い啷� 啶啶班じ啶掂え啷嵿い啷�啶� 啶� 啶む啶溹じ啷嵿啶距ぎ啷� 啶︵啶掂た啶溹啶む啶むぎ啶� 啷� 啷オ 啷�n膩帽jayant墨峁� svake netre na c膩bhyakt膩man膩v峁泃膩m |
na pa艣yet prasavant墨峁� ca tejask膩mo dvijottama岣� || 44 ||The br膩hma峁嘺, desiring brightness, shall not look at a woman who is a pplying collyrium to her own eyes, or who has anointed herself, or who is uncovered, or is bringing forth a child.鈥�(44)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
One who is applying collyrium to another鈥檚 eyes, looks beautiful (hence there is no harm in looking at her).
鈥�Uncovered鈥欌�� with her clothing removed. As a rule, men long for locking at a woman only when she is veiled; while, when the woman is undressed, all her limbs become visible, and, on scrutiny, nil these may not turn out to be shapely; consequently, one should avoid looking at a naked woman.
鈥�Desiring brightness.鈥欌�斺�楤rightness鈥� stands for brightness of complexion, as also for energy.鈥�(44)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 180);鈥攊n 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻, (on 1.135);鈥攊n 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 123);鈥攊n 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 578);鈥攊n 厂尘峁泃颈蝉腻谤辞诲诲丑腻谤补, (p. 320);鈥攁nd in 厂补峁僺办腻谤补尘补测奴办丑补 (p. 71).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 4.43-44)
See Comparative notes for Verse 4.43.