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 6.28
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶椸啶班ぞ啶ぞ啶︵ぞ啶灌啶む啶� 啶掂ぞ啶洁ざ啷嵿え啷�啶ぞ啶︵し啷嵿啷� 啶椸啶班ぞ啶膏ぞ啶ㄠ 啶掂え啷� 啶掂じ啶ㄠ 啷�
啶啶班い啶苦啷冟す啷嵿く 啶啶熰啶ㄠ啶� 啶ぞ啶｀た啶ㄠぞ 啶多啶侧啶� 啶掂ぞ 啷� 啷ㄠギ 啷�gr膩m膩d膩h峁泃ya v膩'艣n墨y膩da峁ａ弓au gr膩s膩n vane vasan |
pratig峁沨ya pu峁璭naiva p膩峁噄n膩 艣akalena v膩 || 28 ||While dwelling in the forest, he may bring food from the village,鈥攔eceiving it either in his hollowed hand or in a potsherd,鈥攁nd eat eight morsels.鈥�(28).
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
The use of the term 鈥榤orsel鈥� implies that the alms are not to consist of fruits and roots only. In fact the present text permits the use of cultivated grains, in the absence of wild ones.
Receiving the alms either 鈥�in the hollowed hand鈥欌�攚ithout a dish鈥攐r in a piece of broken earthenware, dish, &c.鈥�(28).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (膧c膩ra, p. 531);鈥攁nd in 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 68b).
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (94.13).鈥斺�極r, the hermit may bring food from a village, placing it in a dish made of leaves, or on a single leaf, or in his hand, or in a potsherd, and eat eight mouthfuls of it.
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (3.55).鈥斺�極r, he shall get food from a village and with speech controlled, shall eat eight mouthfuls.鈥�