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 5.101
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶う啷嵿く啶ㄠ啶ㄠぎ啶む啶むた 啶む啶粪ぞ啶� 啶む 啶︵ざ啶距す啷囙え啷堗さ 啶多啶о啶い啶� 啷�
啶呧え啶︵え啷嵿え啶ㄠ啶ㄠぎ啶灌啶ㄠ啶� 啶� 啶氞啶む 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷� 啶椸啶灌 啶掂じ啷囙い啷� 啷� 啷оウ啷� 啷�yadyannamatti te峁Ｄ佱箖 tu da艣膩henaiva 艣udhyati |
anadannannamahnaiva na cet tasmin g峁沨e vaset || 101 ||But if he eats their food, he becomes pure in ten days; if however he does not eat their food, he is purified in one day, if he does not dwell in that house.鈥�(101).
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
If he does not eat food, but dwells in the house, then the impurity lasts for three days, as already laid down before. But if he does not eat food, nor dwells in the house, then it lasts for one day only; while if he cats the food, as well as lives in the house, then it lasts for ten days.鈥�(101).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
(Verse 102 of others.)
This verse is quoted along with the preceding one in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (on 3.14);鈥攊苍 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 413);鈥攊苍 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (膧c膩ra, p. 632);鈥攊苍 厂尘峁泃颈迟补迟迟惫补 (II, p. 294);鈥攊苍 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 883), which adds that the term 鈥�诲补艣腻丑补鈥� stands for 鈥榯he full period of impurity laid down for each caste鈥�;鈥攊苍 艢耻诲诲丑颈办补耻尘耻诲墨 (p. 59), which says that the rule that 鈥榠f the man does not live in the house, he becomes pure in one day鈥� implies that if he lives in the house, it will take three 诲补测蝉;鈥攊苍 贬腻谤补濒补迟腻 (p. 82), which adds this explanation鈥斺�業f one does not sleep or eat in the house of a person under impurity, he is impure for one day and night, and if he lives in the house but. does not eat there, then for three days鈥�;鈥攊苍 骋补诲腻诲丑补谤补辫补诲诲丑补迟颈 (K膩la, p. 320), which says this refers to ages other than the Kali;鈥攊苍 艢耻诲诲丑颈尘补测奴办丑补 (p. 17), which interprets the rule to mean 鈥榠f one carries the body, lives in the house, but does not eat, then it takes three days, and if he lives in the house and also takes food, it takes ten days鈥�;鈥攁nd in 厂尘峁泃颈蝉腻谤辞诲诲丑腻谤补 (p. 220) which says that this applies to cases where the man is of the same caste as the dead person.
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (22.8).鈥斺�楬e who eats but once the food of Br膩hma峁嘺s or others, while they are impure, will remain impure as long as they.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (3.15).鈥斺�楾he religious student shall not eat food of those under impurity: nor shall he dwell with them.鈥�