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 11.142 [Expiation for cutting Trees and other Offences]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶げ啶︵ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶む 啶掂啶曕啶粪ぞ啶｀ぞ啶� 啶涏啶︵え啷� 啶溹お啷嵿く啶啶氞啶多い啶 啷�
啶椸啶侧啶さ啶侧啶侧啶侧い啶距え啶距 啶� 啶啶粪啶た啶むぞ啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶� 啶掂啶班啶оぞ啶 啷� 啷оオ啷� 啷�phalad膩n膩峁� tu v峁沰峁Ｄ佱箛膩峁� chedane japyam峁沜艣atam |
gulmavall墨lat膩n膩峁� ca pu峁it膩n膩峁� ca 惫墨谤耻诲丑腻尘 || 142 ||When one cuts fruit-bearing trees, shrubs, creepers, branches of trees or flowering plants, he should recite one hundred 峁歬 惫别谤蝉别蝉.鈥�(142)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Fruit-bearing trees鈥欌�攕uch as the Mango, the Ka峁囜弓ak墨 and the like.
The reciting of one hundred 峁歬 verses is meant for twice-born men.
鈥淲hat then is to be the expiation for a 艢奴dra?鈥�
Some people hold that for them the expiation shall be the same as for the 鈥�minor offence鈥� of 鈥榗utting green trees for fuel.鈥� This, however, cannot be right, as that would be too heavy.
鈥淚f that is too heavy, why should it have been prescribed in connection with minor offences?鈥�
The expiation laid down there was for repeated acts.
For these reasons, for the 艢奴dra cutting fruit-bearing trees, etc., the expiation shall be fasting for two or three days.
鈥�Shrubs,鈥� etc.鈥攈ave been already explained.
鈥�尝补迟腻鈥欌�攕tands here for branches of trees.鈥�(142)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
鈥�峁歬峁迟补尘 (峁歝艣补迟补尘?).鈥欌�斺�極ne hundred verses, the 骋腻测补迟谤墨 and the like鈥� (Kull奴ka);鈥斺�榯he 骋腻测补迟谤墨 itself repeated a hundred times鈥� (N膩r膩ya峁嘺).
This verse is quoted in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (3.276);鈥攊苍 笔补谤腻 sha 谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (Pr膩ya艣citta, p. 434), which notes that this refers to the cutting of trees etc., other than that for sacrificial purposes;鈥攊n 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 1134), which notes that 鈥�辫耻峁颈迟腻苍腻尘鈥� goes with 鈥�惫墨谤耻诲丑腻尘鈥�;鈥攊苍 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 920), which notes that there is nothing wrong in cutting the trees etc., for the purposes of the five great sacrifices and other religious purpose;鈥攁nd in 笔谤腻测补艣肠颈迟迟补惫颈惫别办补 (p. 243), which says that this refers to the cutting of trees with very few fruits.
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (50.48).鈥斺�楩or cutting trees yielding fruit, shrubs, creeping or climbing plants, or plants yielding blossoms, he should recite the Vedic mantra a hundred times.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (3.276).鈥斺�楩or cutting trees, shrubs and creepers, one should recite a hundred 峁歬 惫别谤蝉别蝉.鈥�