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 6.56
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶掂た啶о啶 啶膏え啷嵿え啶啶膏げ啷� 啶掂啶啷嵿啶距ぐ啷� 啶啶曕啶むさ啶溹啶溹え啷� 啷�
啶掂啶む啶む 啶多ぐ啶距さ啶膏ぎ啷嵿お啶距い啷� 啶た啶曕啶粪ぞ啶� 啶ㄠた啶む啶 啶い啶苦ざ啷嵿啶班啶む 啷� 啷ガ 啷�vidh奴me sannamusale vya峁単膩re bhuktavajjane |
v峁泃te 艣ar膩vasamp膩te bhik峁Ｄ佱箖 nitya峁� yati艣caret || 56 ||The renunciate shall go for begging alms at a time when there is no smoke issuing, when the pestle has ceased to ply, when fire embers have been extinguished, when people have eaten, and when the removal of the dishes has been finished.鈥�(56)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
That time at which people have already eaten. Similarly with the other epithets, 鈥�痴颈诲丑奴尘别鈥� and the rest.
鈥�Removal of the dishes,鈥欌赌攖he throwing away of the dishes in which people have taken their food; when this has been finished.
From all this what follows is that he shall beg for food after the first occasion for the giving of alms, during the first instalment of the cooking, has passed away.
鈥�When there ie no smoke鈥� etc., indicate the impossibility of the cooking being done again.
When the pestles have 鈥�ceased to ply鈥欌赌�i.e., kept aside.鈥�(56)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (on 3.59);鈥攊n 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 375);鈥攊n 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (膧c膩ra, p. 562);鈥攁nd in 厂补峁僺办腻谤补尘补测奴办丑补 (p. 135).
Comparative notes by various authors
Gautama (3-15).鈥斺�楬e shall beg late, without returning twice to the same house.鈥�
叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补 (2.11-22).鈥斺�楬e shall go to beg when the pestle lies motionless, when the embers have been extinguished and when the cleaning of the vessels has been finished.鈥�
叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补 (2.18.4-6).鈥斺�楴ow follows the rule for begging. He shall beg of Br膩hma峁嘺s with houses (艢腻濒颈峁嘺) and those who lead a wandering life (), after they have finished their Vai艣vadeva-offerings. He shall beg it prefacing with the term Bhavat; he shall stand hogging no longer than the time required for milking a cow.鈥�
痴补艣颈峁ａ弓丑补 (10.7, 8).鈥斺�楬o shall heg food at seven houses, which he has not selected beforehand,鈥攁t the time when the smoke of the kitchen fire has ceased and the pestle lies motionless.鈥�
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (96.6).鈥斺�楬e shall beg food from a house after the servants of the house have had their meal and when the dishes have been removed.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (3.59).鈥�(See under 55.)
Yama (笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补, p. 563).鈥斺�楶ure and with speech in check, he shall beg for pure food daily in the evening.鈥�