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 4.206
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶呧ざ啷嵿げ啷�啶曕ぎ啷囙い啶む 啶膏ぞ啶о啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶い啷嵿ぐ 啶溹啶灌啶掂い啷嵿く啶 啶灌さ啶苦 啷�
啶啶班い啷�啶ぎ啷囙い啶︵ 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶距い啷� 啶むい啷� 啶ぐ啶苦さ啶班啶溹く啷囙い啷� 啷� 啷ㄠウ啷� 啷�补艣濒墨办补metat s膩dh奴n膩峁� yatra juhvatyam墨 havi岣� |
辫谤补迟墨辫补metad dev膩n膩峁� tasm膩t tat parivarjayet || 206 ||Where such persons pour the oblations, it is considered indecent by all good men; it is disagreeable to the gods; hence, one should avoid it鈥�(206)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
This verse is supplementary to the foregoing prohibitive Injunction.
鈥�Indecent鈥欌赌攂濒补尘别飞辞谤迟丑测.
鈥�By good men鈥欌�攂y all cultured people.
鈥�Where such persons pour the oblations,鈥欌赌�i.e., offer sacrifices.
鈥�It is disagreeable鈥欌�攄ispleasing鈥斺�榯o the gods.鈥�
鈥�Hence one should avoid鈥欌�攇oing to鈥斺�榯hese sacrifices.鈥欌��(206).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (膧hnika, p. 494), which explains 鈥�补艣濒墨办补鈥� as 鈥榗onducive to adversity鈥�,鈥攁nd 鈥�辫谤补迟墨辫补鈥� as 鈥榙isagreeable鈥�;鈥攁nd in 笔谤腻测补艣肠颈迟迟补惫颈惫别办补 (p. 250), which remarks that the entire verse is 鈥�础谤迟丑补惫腻诲补鈥�.
Comparative notes by various authors
痴补艣颈峁ａ弓丑补 (14.5).鈥斺�楾he gods do not partake of the offerings of one who is suffering from white leprosy, or of one who has married a girl after puberty, or of one who is under the subjection of his wife, or of one who permits his wife鈥檚 paramour to live in the house.鈥�