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 5.25
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶氞た啶班じ啷嵿ぅ啶苦い啶お啶� 啶む啶掂ぞ啶︵啶ぎ啶膏啶ㄠ啶灌ぞ啶曕啶む 啶︵啶掂た啶溹ぞ啶むた啶た啶� 啷�
啶さ啶椸啶о啶啶� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶� 啶く啶膏ざ啷嵿啷堗さ 啶掂た啶曕啶班た啶ぞ 啷� 啷ㄠカ 啷�cirasthitamapi tv膩dyamasneh膩kta峁� dvij膩tibhi岣� |
yavagodh奴maja峁� sarva峁� payasa艣caiva vikriy膩 || 25 ||All that is made of barley and wheat, as also all preparations of milk, may be eaten by twice-born men, without being mixed with oils, even though they may have been kept long鈥�(25).
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�Kept long鈥欌赌�i.e., kept for two nights.
The term 鈥�even though鈥� implies that those 鈥榤ixed with oils鈥� are also meant to be included.
Even though unmixed with oils, such things as fried flour and cakes, etc. as are made of barley and wheat.
Also 鈥�preparations of milk.鈥欌赌攕uch as curd, skimmed milk and the like.鈥�(25).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 厂尘峁泃颈迟补迟迟惫补 (p. 452);鈥攊n 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (膧hnika, p. 523);鈥攊n 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (艢r膩ddha, p. 616);鈥攁nd in 笔谤腻测补艣肠颈迟迟补惫颈惫别办补 (p. 291).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 5.24-25)
See Comparative notes for Verse 5.24.