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 11.68
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶栢ぐ啶距ざ啷嵿さ啷嬥し啷嵿啷嵿ぐ啶啶椸啶ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶啶距さ啶苦啶掂ぇ啶膏啶むぅ啶� 啷�
啶膏啷嵿啶班啶曕ぐ啶｀ 啶溹啶炧啶 啶啶ㄠぞ啶灌た啶す啶苦し啶膏啶� 啶� 啷� 啷ギ 啷�办丑补谤腻艣惫辞峁ａ弓谤补尘峁沢补颈产丑腻苍腻尘补箩腻惫颈办补惫补诲丑补蝉迟补迟丑腻 |
sa峁卥ar墨kara峁嘺峁� j帽eya峁� m墨n膩himahi峁sya ca || 68 ||The killing of an ass, of a horse, of a camel, of a deer, of an elephant, of a goat, of a sheep, of fish, of a snake, and of a buffalo should be regarded as degrading the man to the rank of a 鈥榤ixed caste.鈥欌��(68)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Deer鈥欌�攕tands for such wilder varieties as the 鈥�Ruru鈥� the 鈥�笔峁涐梗补迟补鈥� and the like.
鈥�Ibha鈥欌赌攊蝉 elephant. Though the elephant also is a kind of 鈥�尘峁沢补,鈥� yet it has been mentioned separately as being, among tame animals.
鈥�惭墨苍补鈥欌赌撵颈蝉丑.
鈥�Ahi鈥欌赌攕苍补办别.鈥�(68)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (3.242);鈥攊苍 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 924);鈥攊n 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (Pr膩ya艣citta 30a);鈥攁nd i n 笔谤腻测补艣肠颈迟迟补惫颈惫别办补 (p. 42 and 465).
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (39.1),鈥斺�楰illing of domestic or wild animals is a crime degrading to a mixed caste.鈥�