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 5.133
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶掂じ啶� 啶多啶曕啶班ぎ啶膏啶椸啶啷嵿啶� 啶啶む啶班さ啶苦ぁ啷嵿啷嵿ぐ啶距ぃ啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶掂た啶熰 啷�
啶多啶侧啶多啶ぞ啶多啶班 啶︵啶粪た啶曕ぞ 啶膏啶掂啶︵ 啶︵啶掂ぞ啶︵ざ啷堗い啷� 啶ㄠ啶｀ぞ啶� 啶げ啶距 啷� 啷оォ啷� 啷�惫补蝉腻 艣ukramas峁沢尘补箩箩腻 m奴travi岣峠hr膩峁嘺办补谤峁嘺惫颈峁� |
艣le艣m膩艣ru 诲奴峁办腻 svedo dv膩da艣aite 苍峁涐箛膩峁� mal膩岣� || 133 ||Fat, man, blood, marrow, urine, ordure, nasal excretion, eab-wax, phlegm, tears, rheum of the eyes and perspiration,鈥攖hese twelve are the 鈥榚xcretions鈥� of human beings.鈥�(134).
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
The twelve 鈥榚xcretions鈥� or 鈥榠mpurities鈥� are here indicated.
鈥�Human beings鈥� includes all five-nailed animals. As regards dogs and jackals, their excretions are impure by reason of their own untouchability.
鈥楿rine and ordure鈥欌�攐f all animals, except those of the goat, the sheep, the cow and the horse.鈥�(133).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
(Verse 135 of others.)
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 271), which explains 鈥�办补谤峁嘺惫颈峁�鈥� as 鈥榚ar-wax鈥�; and adds that these are 鈥榠mpure鈥� only when they have gone out of the body, as is indicated by verse 132 above;鈥攊n 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (on 1.190);鈥攊n 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (膧hnika, p. 103), which adds the following notes:鈥斺��惫补蝉腻鈥� is the oily substance in the body; 鈥�补蝉峁沰鈥� is blood; 鈥�尘补箩箩腻鈥� is the solidified fatty substance within the skull; 鈥�诲奴峁办腻鈥� is the rheum of the eyes; 鈥�办补谤峁嘺惫颈峁�鈥� is ear-wax; the term 鈥�苍峁�鈥� here stands for human beings only, and not for all living beings (as the root 苍峁�, 鈥� to go,鈥� might imply); if the latter were meant, then the term 鈥�苍峁涐箛膩m鈥� would be entirely superfluous;鈥攊n 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (艢r膩ddha, p. 794);鈥攊n 笔谤腻测补艣肠颈迟迟补惫颈惫别办补 (p. 484);鈥攊n 艢耻诲诲丑颈办补耻尘耻诲墨 (p. 347);鈥攊n 膧肠腻谤补尘补测奴办丑补 (p. 14),鈥攚hich explains 鈥�诲奴峁办腻鈥� as netramalam鈥�;鈥攁nd in 厂尘峁泃颈迟补迟迟惫补 (II, p. 303).
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (22.81).鈥斺�楢deps, semen, blood, dandruff, urine, faeces, ear-wax, nail-parings, phlegm, tears, rheum, and sweat are the twelve impure excretions from the body.鈥�
Devala (础辫补谤腻谤办补, p. 271).鈥斺�楬uman bone, corpse, faeces, semen, urine, menstrual blood, sweat, tears, rheum, phlegm and urine are declared to be impure.鈥�
叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补 [(Do.) and 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补-膧hnika, p. 104].鈥斺�業n the case of the first six (enumerated in Manu), one should take up both earth and water; but in that of the latter six one is purified by water only.鈥�