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 4.250
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶多く啷嵿く啶距 啶椸啶灌ぞ啶ㄠ 啶曕啶多ぞ啶ㄠ 啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶距え啶 啶啶粪啶 啶ぃ啷�啶ㄠ 啶︵ぇ啶� 啷�
啶оぞ啶ㄠぞ 啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啶距え啷� 啶く啷� 啶ぞ啶傕じ啶� 啶多ぞ啶曕 啶氞啶� 啶� 啶ㄠた啶班啶｀啶︵啶む 啷� 啷ㄠカ啷� 啷�艣ayy膩峁� g峁沨膩n ku艣膩n gandh膩napa岣� pu峁a峁� ma峁嚹玭 dadhi |
诲丑腻苍腻 matsy膩n payo m膩峁僺a峁� 艣膩ka峁� caiva na nir峁噓det || 250 ||He shall not refuse a couch, a house, ku艣a grass, perfumes, water, flowers, jewels, curd, grain, fish, milk, meat and vegetables.鈥�(250)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
The couch and other things one should not refuse to accept, even when they are not actually presented before him. That is if some one were to come and Ray, 鈥業 have these things in my house; do please come and accept them,鈥欌�攖hen these should not be rejected.鈥�(250).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is. quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 406); in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (on 1.214);鈥攊n 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (膧c膩ra, p. 190);鈥攊n 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 220), which adds鈥斺��尘补峁噄鈥� stands for those that serve as antidotes to poisons,鈥斺赌�诲丑腻苍腻鈥� is 鈥榝ried grain,鈥欌�攖hese one should not refuse;鈥攊n 鈥�笔谤腻测补蝉肠颈迟迟补惫颈惫别办补鈥� (p. 412), which explains 鈥�na nirnudet鈥� as 鈥榮hould not refuse when presented unasked鈥�;鈥攊n 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (D膩na, p. 56);鈥攁nd in 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (膧hnika, p. 37b).
Comparative notes by various authors
Gautama (17.3).鈥�(See above, under 247.)
膧辫补蝉迟补尘产补 (1.18.1).鈥�(顿辞.)
痴补艣颈峁ａ弓丑补 (14.7).鈥斺�楩uel, water, fodder, Ku艣a grass, fried grains, what is presented without asking, conveyances, house, fish, Priya峁単u corn, garlands, perfumes, honey, flesh,鈥攖hese he shall accept.鈥�
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (57.10).鈥�(See above, under p. 47.)
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.214).鈥�(See under 247.)