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 4.78
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶呧ぇ啶苦い啶苦し啷嵿啷囙え啷嵿え 啶曕啶多ぞ啶傕じ啷嵿い啷� 啶� 啶じ啷嵿ぎ啶距じ啷嵿ぅ啶苦啶ぞ啶侧た啶曕ぞ啶� 啷�
啶� 啶曕ぞ啶班啶ぞ啶膏ぞ啶膏啶ムた 啶� 啶む啶粪ぞ啶ㄠ 啶︵啶班啶樴ぎ啶距く啷佮ぐ啷嵿啶苦啷�啶掂た啶粪啶� 啷� 啷ギ 啷�adhiti峁ａ弓henna ke艣膩峁僺tu na bhasm膩sthikap膩lik膩岣� |
na k膩rp膩s膩sthi na tu峁Ｄ乶 d墨rgham膩yurjij墨vi峁岣� || 78 ||One who is desirous of living a long life, shall not step on hair, nor on ashes, bones and potsherds; or on cotton-seed or chaff.鈥�(78)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�Potsherds鈥欌�攂roken pieces of earthenware.
鈥�Long life鈥欌�� This use of the Accusative has been already explained.鈥�(78)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 183).
Comparative notes by various authors
Gautama (9.16).鈥斺�楬e shall not stand upon ashes, hairs, chaff, potsherds and unclean things.鈥�
叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补 (1.3.37).鈥斺�楬e shall not stand upon ashes, bones, hairs, chaff, potsherds, and bath-water.鈥�
膧辫补蝉迟补尘产补 (2.20.11).鈥斺�楽tanding upon ashes and chaff.鈥�
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (63.24-25).鈥斺�楬e shall not stand upon chaff, potsherds, bones, ashes and embers; nor on cotton-seeds.鈥�
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (础辫补谤腻谤办补, p. 183).鈥斺�楬e shall not stand on the roadcrossing, nor under a tree at night, nor in an empty house, nor in a slaughter-house or a prison.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.139),鈥斺�楬e shall avoid all incompatible acts, as also the smoke issuing from a dead body, and swimming in the river; also standing upon hairs, ashes, chaff, embers, and potsherds.鈥�
艢补峁卥丑补-尝颈办丑颈迟补 (础辫补谤腻谤办补, p. 183).鈥斺�楬e shall not stand upon a heap of grass or a heap of pebbles.鈥�