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 4.164
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ぐ啶膏啶� 啶︵ぃ啷嵿ぁ啶� 啶ㄠ啶︵啶啷嵿啷囙い啷� 啶曕啶班啶︵啶о 啶ㄠ啶ㄠ 啶ㄠた啶ぞ啶むく啷囙い啷� 啷�
啶呧え啷嵿く啶む啶� 啶啶む啶班ぞ啶む啶多た啶粪啶ぞ啶︵ 啶掂ぞ 啶多た啶粪啶熰啶ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶� 啶むぞ啶∴く啷囙い啷� 啶む 啶む 啷� 啷оガ啷� 啷�parasya da峁囜笉a峁� nodyacchet kruddho naina峁� nip膩tayet |
anyatra putr膩t艣i峁膩d v膩 艣i峁ａ弓yartha峁� t膩岣峚yet tu tau || 164 ||He shall not, when angry, raise the rod against another person, nor shall he let it fall; except in the case of the son or the pupil; these two he may beat with a view to correction.鈥�(164)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�顿补峁囜笉补,鈥� 鈥榬od,鈥� is that whereby one is struck, 鈥�诲补峁囜笉测补迟别;鈥� that is, the hand, the stick, the whip, the rope, the split-bamboo, and so forth.鈥擳his 鈥�rod鈥� 鈥�he shall not raise, when angry, against another person;鈥� i.e., he shall not hold it up; nor shall he let it fall down; i.e., bring it into contact with the other person鈥檚 body.
The son and the pupil one may strike with the whip, the split-bamboo, or the slap,鈥攁s is going to be mentioned under Discourse VIII,鈥攂ut not with the stick. Further, these two are to be beaten, not in auger, but only with a view to correction,鈥欌赌�i.e., for the purpose of correcting them, if through boyishness, they happen to misbehave. And these two are to be punished lightly, as is going to be laid down under 8.299.
The 鈥�pupil鈥� is meant to exclude the male and female slaves also; the purpose served (i. e., correction) being the same in both cases鈥�(164).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
Cf. 8.298-299 and 4.175.
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 231), which adds:鈥斺��艢颈峁补鈥� here means 鈥榦ne who has to be taught鈥攖he 鈥榮on鈥� is mentioned separately with a view to emphasis;鈥攁nd in support of this it quotes the rule of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻, which is in the general form 鈥�艢膩syam 艣膩set t膩岣峚yet鈥�.
Comparative notes by various authors
惭补丑腻产丑腻谤补迟补 (Anu艣膩sana, 161.38).鈥�(Same as Manu, but reading 鈥�T膩岣峚nam sm峁泃am鈥� for 鈥�t膩岣峚yettu tam鈥�).
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (71.80.82).鈥斺�楬e shall not raise the rod against another person;鈥攆or disciplinary purposes, he shall beat his pupil, on the back, either with a rope or a bamboo-piece.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.155).鈥斺�楬e shall beat his son and his pupil.鈥�