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 4.140
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ㄠぞ啶むた啶曕げ啷嵿く啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶むた啶膏ぞ啶 啶ㄠぞ啶むた啶ぇ啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶︵た啶ㄠ 啶膏啶ムた啶む 啷�
啶ㄠぞ啶溹啶炧ぞ啶む啶� 啶膏ぎ啶� 啶椸啷嵿啷囙え啷嵿え啷堗啷� 啶� 啶掂啶粪げ啷堗 啶膏す 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�n膩tikalya峁� n膩tis膩ya峁� n膩timadhyandine sthite |
n膩j帽膩tena sama峁� gacchennaiko na v峁涐梗alai岣� saha || 140 ||He shall not go about either too early in the morning or too late in the evening, or just at midday; nor with an unknown person, nor alone, nor with 艢奴dras.鈥�(140)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
The term 鈥�atikalya鈥� denotes day-break. 鈥極ne shall not go about at dawn.鈥�
鈥�Too late in the evening鈥欌�攁t the time of the evening twilight.
鈥�He shall not go about with an unknown person, or without a companion, or with 艣奴dras.鈥欌赌�(140)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 173);鈥攊n 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (膧c膩ra, p. 523);鈥攁nd in 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补, (p. 126).
Comparative notes by various authors
叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补 (1.3.41-43).鈥斺�楬e shall not go on a journey, alone; nor with outcasts, nor with a woman, nor with a 艢奴dra; he shall not go out late in the evening.鈥�
痴补艣颈峁ａ弓丑补 (12.42).鈥斺�楬e shall not go out on a journey when the sun has risen to the height of trees.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.132).鈥�(See under 138.)
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (63, 1, 4, 6-9).鈥斺�極ne shall not go on a journey, alone; nor with 艢奴dras; nor too early in the morning; nor too late in the evening; nor at the two twilights; nor at midday.鈥�
Gobhila (3.5.32-34).鈥斺�楬e shall not go out to another village in the evening; nor alone; nor with 艢奴dras.鈥�
惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (Anu艣膩sana, 161.25).鈥擺Reproduces Manu; but reading 鈥�n膩j帽膩tai岣� saha gaccheta鈥� for 鈥�n膩j帽膩tena samam gacchet.鈥橾
痴颈峁ａ箛耻pur膩峁嘺 (础辫补谤腻谤办补, p. 174).鈥斺�極ne shall not ride on a defective or wicked conveyance; nor shall he go under the shadow cast by a river-bank; one shall not go alone into a desolate forest; nor shall he enter an empty house.鈥�