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 9.239
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶溹啶炧ぞ啶むた啶膏ぎ啷嵿が啶ㄠ啶оた啶た啶膏啶む啶掂啶む 啶む啶啷嵿い啶掂啶ぞ啶� 啶曕啶むげ啶曕啶粪ぃ啶距 啷�
啶ㄠた啶班啶︵く啶� 啶ㄠた啶班啶ㄠぎ啶膏啶曕ぞ啶班ぞ啶膏啶むえ啷� 啶え啷嬥ぐ啶ㄠ啶多ぞ啶膏え啶 啷� 啷ㄠォ啷� 啷�j帽膩tisambandhibhistvete tyaktavy膩岣� 办峁泃补濒补办峁峁嚹佱弗 |
nirday膩 nirnamask膩r膩stan manoranu艣膩sanam || 239 ||Being branded, these shall be abandoned by Kinsmen and relations, deprived of all sympathy and greetings;鈥攕uch is the teaching of manu.鈥�(239)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Branded.鈥欌�擳his implies that branding must be done.
No sympathy shall be extended to them, even when struck by disease or other calamities. Even though they be endowed with seniority and other qualifications, they shall not be received with greetings or any marks of honour or welcome.
That such is the law is to be directly learnt from the words of the text itself.鈥�(239)
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. 635), which adds the following notes:鈥斺��闯帽腻迟颈鈥� are paternal relations;鈥斺��sambandhi鈥�, maternal relations;鈥斺��办峁泃补濒补办峁峁嚹佱弗鈥�, branded;鈥斺��苍颈谤诲补测腻岣�鈥�, undeserving of the sympathy of gentlemen, even when suffering from diseases;鈥斺��苍颈谤苍补尘补蝉办腻谤腻岣�,鈥� not deserving of salutations even though possessing seniority and such other qualifications.
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 9.235-242)
See Comparative notes for Verse 9.235.