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 9.96
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶啶班啶ㄠぞ啶班啶ム 啶膏啶む啶班た啶 啶膏啶粪啶熰ぞ啶� 啶膏え啷嵿い啶距え啶距ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶� 啶� 啶ぞ啶ㄠさ啶� 啷�
啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶距い啷� 啶膏ぞ啶оぞ啶班ぃ啷� 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶� 啶多啶班啶む 啶い啷嵿え啷嵿く啶� 啶膏す啷嬥う啶苦い啶� 啷� 啷ガ 啷�prajan膩rtha峁� striya岣� s峁涐梗峁佱弗 sant膩n膩rtha峁� ca m膩nava岣� |
tasm膩t s膩dh膩ra峁噊 dharma岣� 艣rutau patny膩 sahodita岣� || 96 ||Women were created for the purpose of child-bearing, and men for the furfose of procreation. hence it is that Religious Rites have been ordained in the Veda as common between the man and his wife.鈥�(96)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Child-bearing鈥欌赌擟辞苍肠别辫迟颈辞苍.
鈥�Procreation鈥欌赌擨尘辫谤别驳苍补迟颈苍驳.
鈥�Hence鈥欌赌�i.e., because of the act of child-begetting being dependent upon both,鈥攖he man鈥檚 Religious Rites have been ordained in the Veda, as being in common with his wife.
Consequently, since alone by himself he could not be entitled to the performance of any rites, he shall not abandon his wife, even though she be hostile.鈥�(96).
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 痴颈惫腻诲补谤补迟苍腻办补谤补 (p. 418), which adds that the term 鈥�prajana鈥� here stands for the act of conceiving and 鈥�蝉补苍迟腻苍补鈥� for the act of depositing the seed, fecundating.
Comparative notes by various authors
狈腻谤补诲补 (12-19).鈥斺�榃omen have been created for the sake of propagation.鈥�