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 6.4
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶呧啷嵿え啶苦す啷嬥い啷嵿ぐ啶� 啶膏ぎ啶距う啶距く 啶椸啶灌啶 啶氞ぞ啶椸啶ㄠた啶ぐ啶苦啷嵿啶︵ぎ啷� 啷�
啶椸啶班ぞ啶ぞ啶︵ぐ啶｀啶 啶ㄠた啶冟じ啷冟い啷嵿く 啶ㄠた啶掂じ啷囙え啷嵿え啶苦く啶む啶ㄠ啶︵啶班た啶 啷� 啷� 啷�agnihotra峁� sam膩d膩ya g峁沨ya峁� c膩gniparicchadam |
gr膩m膩dara峁噛a峁� ni岣峁泃ya nivasenniyatendriya岣� || 4 ||Taking with him the Sacred Fire, as also all the ritualistic appurtenances of the Fire, the man shall go forth from the village to the forest and live there, with his senses under control.鈥�(4).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
The term 鈥�agnihotra鈥� here stands for the fires themselves.
Taking with himself the Fires that had been kindled according to 艢rauta rites, and also 鈥�the ritualistic appurtenances of the Fire鈥欌�攊n the shape of the sruk, the sruva and the rest. The abandoning of all belongings having been laid down, the present text makes an exception in favour of those pertaining to the Fires鈥�(4)
Comparative notes by various authors
Gautama (3.25-27).鈥斺�楾he hermit shall live in the forest... kindling the fire according to the rule of the 艢rama峁嘺ka, he shall offer oblations in the morning and evening.鈥�
叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补 (2.11-15).鈥�(See under 3.)
痴补艣颈峁ａ弓丑补 (9.2-10).鈥斺�楾he hermit shall not enter a village; kindling a lire according to the rule of the 艢rama峁嘺ka, he shall offer the Agnihotra.鈥�
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (94.4).鈥斺�楲et him keep the sacred fires in his new abode.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (3.45).鈥�(See under 3.)