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 4.97
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ぅ啶距ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶む 啶曕啶む啶掂啶掂ぎ啷佮い啷嵿じ啶班啶椸 啶涏え啷嵿う啶膏ぞ啶� 啶す啶苦 啷�
啶掂た啶班ぎ啷囙い啷� 啶啷嵿し啶苦ぃ啷�啶� 啶班ぞ啶む啶班た啶� 啶むう啷囙さ啷堗啶す啶班啶ㄠた啶多ぎ啷� 啷� 啷キ 啷�yath膩艣膩stra峁� tu k峁泃vaivamutsarga峁� chandas膩峁� bahi岣� |
viramet pak峁峁嚹箖 r膩tri峁� tadevaikamaharni艣am || 97 ||Having performed, according to law, the 鈥淯tsarga鈥� of the Vedas, he shall cease for the night with its two wings, including the same day and night.鈥�(97)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
Having perfomed the 鈥楿tsarga鈥�-rite, he shall not read the Veda for two days and one night; i.e. during 鈥�that same day and night,鈥� and during the next day only (not the night). During this time, 鈥�he shall cease鈥欌�攊.e., not read the Veda.
The night, along with the preceding and the following days, is called 鈥�the night with its two wings.鈥�
Or, the day on which the 鈥楿tsarga鈥� rite has been performed, that day and the same night are 鈥榟olidays;鈥� and on the next day the study should be resumed.
According to the former explanation, the next day is an 鈥榟oliday,鈥� and study is to be resumed on the second night.鈥欌��(97)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 187) to the effect that after 鲍辫腻办补谤尘补 and Utsarjana, one should observe a holiday of either one day or three days;鈥攊苍 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (on 1.143);鈥攊苍 厂尘峁泃颈肠丑补苍诲谤颈办腻 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 154), which says that this verse, along with verse 119, lays down three alternatives鈥�(1) 鈥�Pak峁峁嚹� r膩tri鈥�, i.e., one night with a day preceding, and another following it,鈥�(2) three days (mentioned in verse 119) and (3) one day鈥攖he alternative to be adopted being determined by one鈥檚 own 骋峁沨测补蝉奴迟谤补;鈥攊苍 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (K膩la, p. 761), which adds the same note;鈥攁nd in 厂补峁僺办腻谤补尘补测奴办丑补 (p. 58).
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (30.4).鈥斺�極n the fourteenth and the eighth of the month, one shall not read during the whole day and night.鈥�
膧辫补蝉迟补尘产补 (础辫补谤腻谤办补, p. 187).鈥斺�楬aving performed the 鲍辫腻办补谤尘补 on the fullmoon day of 艢r膩va峁嘺, one should not read at night, for one month.鈥�