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 5.36
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶呧じ啶傕じ啷嵿啷冟い啶距え啷� 啶ざ啷傕え啷� 啶え啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啷堗ぐ啷嵿え啶距う啷嵿く啶距う啷� 啶掂た啶啶班 啶曕う啶� 啶氞え 啷�
啶え啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啷堗じ啷嵿い啷� 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぞ啶ㄠう啷嵿く啶距い啷嵿ざ啶距ざ啷嵿さ啶む 啶掂た啶оた啶ぞ啶膏啶ムた啶む 啷� 啷┼ガ 啷�asa峁僺k峁泃膩n pa艣奴n mantrairn膩dy膩d vipra岣� kad膩 cana |
mantraistu sa峁僺k峁泃膩nady膩t艣膩艣vata峁� vidhim膩sthita岣� || 36 ||The Br膩hma峁嘺 shall never eat animals that have not been consecrated with sacred texts; but those that have been consecrated with sacred texts, he shall eat, taking, his stand upon the eternal law.鈥�(36)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
In connection with animals-sacrifice, 鈥榮prinkling with water鈥� and other consecrations have been laid down as to be done with sacred texts; and one shall eat the meat of those animals for whom all these have been performed, and which (thus) are the 鈥榬emnants of sacrifices鈥� prescribed in the Vedas. But in the case of the and other sacrifices that are performed solely on the strength of usage (and for which there is no injunction in the Veda),鈥攅ven though the meat would he the 鈥榬emnant of sacrifice鈥�, yet, since there would be no 鈥榗onsecration with sacred texts鈥�, it would be 鈥榰nfit for eating鈥�.
鈥�Eternal鈥欌赌擵别诲颈肠.
鈥�Taking his stand鈥欌赌攄别辫别苍诲别苍迟.鈥�(36)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (艢r膩ddha, p. 580).
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (51.59).鈥�(Same as Manu.)