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 5.79
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶む啶班た啶班ぞ啶む啶班ぎ啶距す啷佮ぐ啶距ざ啷屶啶ぞ啶氞ぞ啶班啶 啶膏啶膏啶ムた啶む 啶膏い啶� 啷�
啶むじ啷嵿く 啶啶む啶班 啶� 啶い啷嵿え啷嵿く啶距 啶� 啶︵た啶掂ぞ啶班ぞ啶む啶班ぎ啶苦い啶� 啶膏啶ムた啶むた啶� 啷� 啷ク 啷�trir膩tram膩hur膩艣aucam膩c膩rye sa峁僺thite sati |
tasya putre ca patny膩峁� ca div膩r膩tramiti sthiti岣� || 79 ||On the death of the Teacher, they declare the impurity to last for three days; on the death of his son or wife, it lasts for one day and night; such is the law.鈥�(79).
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�Teacher鈥�, 鈥�膧肠腻谤测补鈥�, here stands for the Initiator:鈥攐n his death鈥攖he impurity of the pupil lasts for three days.
On the death of the Teacher鈥檚 son or wife,鈥攊t lasts for one day and night.鈥�(79).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
(Verse 80 of others.)
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 187), and again on p. 912, where it is added that the rule herein laid down, is meant for the case where the pupil does not perform the 补苍迟测别峁ａ弓颈 for the Teacher; in a case where he does perform it, it involves an impurity extending over full ten days, as declared above, under verse 64.
It is quoted in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (on 3.24), which also makes 峁環e same remark as 础辫补谤腻谤办补;鈥攊苍 狈颈谤峁嘺测补蝉颈苍诲丑耻 (p. 380);鈥攊苍 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 431);鈥攊苍 贬腻谤补濒补迟腻 (p. 76), which explains the second half as鈥斺�榦n the death of the Teacher鈥檚 son, from whom one has not read anything, the impurity lasts for one day and night, and so also on the death of the Teacher鈥檚 wife, other than the one for whom Gautama has prescribed an impurity of three days鈥�;鈥攊苍 艢耻诲诲丑颈尘补测奴办丑补 (p. 37);鈥攁nd in 碍峁泃测补蝉腻谤补蝉补尘耻肠肠补测补 (p. 63).
Comparative notes by various authors
Gautama (14.28).鈥斺�業f the Teacher, his son or wife, or a person for whom one sacrifices, or a pupil (has died, or been carried), the impurity lasts three days.鈥�
叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补 (1.11-28).鈥斺�楩or a Teacher, a Sub-teacher and their sons, three days and nights.鈥�
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (22.42).鈥斺�極n the death of the Teacher or the maternal grand-father, in three days.鈥�
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (22.44).鈥斺�極n the death of the Teacher鈥檚 wife, the Teacher鈥檚 son, the Sub-teacher, the maternal uncle, the father-in-law, the wife鈥檚 brother, fellow-student and pupil,鈥攑urification comes after one day and night.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (3.21).鈥斺�極n the death of the Teacher, the pupil, the Exponent of Veda, the maternal uncle and the Vedic scholar, purification comes after one day.鈥�
膧艣val膩yana G峁沨测补蝉奴迟谤补 (4.4.19, 21).鈥斺�楾en days after the death of a Guru who is no 厂补辫颈峁囜笉补 three nights after the death of the Teachers.鈥�
艢膩峁卥h膩yana G峁沨测补蝉奴迟谤补 (4.7.9-10).鈥斺�榃hen the Teacher has died, for ten days (the Veda shall not be read);鈥攚hen he has heard of it, for three days.鈥�
P膩raskara G峁沨测补蝉奴迟谤补 (2.11.7).鈥斺�業f his Guru has died, let him go down into water and interrupt study for ten nights.鈥�
Gobhila G 峁沨测补蝉奴迟谤补 (3.3.26).鈥斺�楾hree days, if his Teacher has died.鈥�
叠峁沨补蝉辫补迟颈 (础辫补谤腻谤办补, p. 913).鈥斺�極ne shall remain impure for three nights, on the death of the maternal grand-father, the Teacher and the Vedic scholar.鈥�
鲍艣补苍补蝉 (础辫补谤腻谤办补, p. 913).鈥斺�極n the death of the maternal uncle, the father-in-law, the friend, the guru, the 驳耻谤耻鈥檚 wives,鈥攖he impurity lasts for one night along with the preceding and following days.鈥�