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 6.76-77
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶呧じ啷嵿ぅ啶苦じ啷嵿ぅ啷傕ぃ啶� 啶膏啶ㄠぞ啶啶啶む 啶ぞ啶傕じ啶多啶｀た啶むげ啷囙お啶ㄠぎ啷� 啷�
啶氞ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距さ啶ㄠう啷嵿ぇ啶� 啶︵啶班啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶� 啶啶班啶｀ 啶啶む啶班お啷佮ぐ啷�啶粪く啷嬥 啷� 啷ガ 啷�
啶溹ぐ啶距ざ啷嬥啶膏ぎ啶距さ啶苦し啷嵿啶� 啶班啶椸ぞ啶い啶ㄠぎ啶距い啷佮ぐ啶 啷�
啶班啶膏啶掂げ啶え啶苦い啷嵿く啶� 啶� 啶啶むぞ啶掂ぞ啶膏ぎ啶苦ぎ啶� 啶む啶啷囙い啷� 啷� 啷キ 啷�asthisth奴峁嘺峁� sn膩yuyuta峁� m膩峁僺a艣o峁噄talepanam |
carm膩vanaddha峁� durgandhi p奴r峁嘺峁� m奴trapur墨峁yo岣� || 76 ||
jar膩艣okasam膩vi峁ａ弓a峁� rog膩yatanam膩turam |
rajasvalamanitya峁� ca bh奴t膩v膩samima峁� tyajet || 77 ||He shall discard this abode of material substances, where the bones are the pillars, which is held together by the tendons, plastered with flesh and blood; covered with the skin, foul-smelling, and full of urine and ordure;鈥�(76) beset with wrinkles and sorrow, the seat of disease, harassed, sullied with passions and perishable.鈥�(77)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
(verse 6.76)
This is meant to create disgust.
To say nothing of the bodies of worms insects and fleas, which are born in the earth and out of moisture etc.,鈥攖he human body itself, which has been considered highly desirable, the likelihood of losing which keeps man in constant fear,鈥攊s like a latrine, the abode of urine and ordure. It is this latrine-hut that is described.
The bones constitute the pillars; the hut is supported by the bones;鈥攊t is tied up with the tendons; it is plastered outside with flesh and blood;鈥攁nd it is covered up with the skin; or roofed over with the skin;鈥斺��filled with urine and ordure鈥�;鈥攖he use of the Genitive here is analogous to that in the expression 鈥�odanasya p奴r峁嘺岣�鈥�, filled with rice.鈥�(76).
(verse 6.77)
鈥�Wrinkles鈥欌赌攊ndicates a peculiar state of the body in old age, due to its decrepitude.
鈥�Harassed鈥欌赌攅ver beset with diseases.
鈥�Sullied with passions鈥欌赌�i.e., harbouring desires, the non-fulfilment of which brings irremediable unbearable pain.
Realising all this the man 鈥�shall discard鈥� this body, which is the abode of 鈥�material substances鈥欌赌攖he products of the Earth, in the form of fat, marrow, phlegm, urine, semen and blood;鈥攊t cannot be the abode of the Soul; because this is all-pervading. For all these reasons one should not cherish any affection for the body.鈥�(77.)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
(verse 6.76)
This verse is quoted in 驰补迟颈诲丑补谤尘补蝉补峁単谤补丑补 (p. 91).
(verse 6.77)
This verse is quoted in 驰补迟颈诲丑补谤尘补蝉补峁単谤补丑补 (p. 91).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 6.76-77)
惭补丑腻丑丑腻谤补迟补 (12.330.42.43).鈥�(Same as Manu.)
惭补颈迟谤测耻辫补苍颈峁诲 (3.4)鈥挤辞.
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (96.43-55).鈥斺�楬e must recognise this human frame to consist of seven elements;鈥攖hose elements are adeps, blood, flesh, flesh-serum, bone, marrow and semen. It is covered with skin; and it has a nasty smell; it is the receptacle of impure substances. Though surrounded by a hundred pleasures, it is subject to change; though carefully supported, it is subject to destruction. It is the stay of carnal desire, wrath, greed, folly, pride and selfishness. It consists of earth, water, fire, air and 腻办腻艣补. It is provided with bone, tubular vessels, arteries and sinews. It is endowed with the quality of Rajas. It is covered with six skin-layers; it is kept together by three hundred and sixty hones.鈥�
碍腻尘补苍诲补办补 (3.10).鈥斺�楾his clayey tenement rendered agreeable by artificial means is evanescent like a shadow and vanishes even as a bubble of water.鈥�