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 5.135
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶忇い啶む啶多啶氞 啶椸啶灌じ啷嵿ぅ啶距え啶距 啶︵啶掂た啶椸啶｀ 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶氞ぞ啶班た啶｀ぞ啶 啷�
啶む啶班た啶椸啶｀ 啶膏啶ぞ啶︵ 啶掂え啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶い啷�啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶む 啶氞い啷佮ぐ啷嵿啷佮ぃ啶 啷� 啷оォ啷� 啷�etat艣auca峁� g峁沨asth膩n膩峁� dvigu峁嘺峁� brahmac膩ri峁嚹乵 |
trigu峁嘺峁� sy膩d vanasth膩n膩峁� yat墨n膩峁� tu caturgu峁嘺m || 135 ||Such is the purification for householders; double of this for students, treble for hermits, and quadruple for renunciates.鈥�(135).
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
The rules regarding Purification vary with the stages of life. For those who do not belong to any of these stages, the only rule is that as much earth and water shall be used as may be necessary. The same holds good for the 艢奴诲谤补 also, who is entitled to observe the rules regarding the stage of the Householder; so that he also has to observe the same number of applications.鈥�(135).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
(Verse 137 of others.)
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 36);鈥攊n 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (膧c膩ra, p. 215);鈥攊n 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 47);鈥攊n 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (膧hnika, p. 52);鈥攊n 狈颈迟测腻肠腻谤补辫谤补诲墨辫补 (p. 257);鈥攊n 膧肠腻谤补尘补测奴办丑补 (p. 13);鈥攊n
艢耻诲诲丑颈办补耻尘耻诲墨 (p. 336);鈥攁nd in 驰补迟颈诲丑补谤尘补蝉补峁単谤补丑补 (p. 53.)
Comparative notes by various authors
痴补艣颈峁ａ弓丑补 (6.19).鈥斺�楽uch is the purification ordained for householders; it is double this for students, treble for hermits, but quadruple for ascetics.鈥�
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (60.26).鈥斺�楽uch is the purification ordained for householders; it is double for students, treble for hermits and quadruple for ascetics.鈥�