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 12.24 [The Three Gu峁嘺s]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶膏い啷嵿い啷嵿さ啶� 啶班啶膏啶むぎ啶多啶氞啶� 啶む啶班啶ㄠ 啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ啶︵ぞ啶む啶え啷� 啶椸啶｀ぞ啶ㄠ 啷�
啶啶班啶掂啶ぞ啶啶啶ぞ啶ㄠ 啶膏啶ムた啶む 啶ぞ啶掂ぞ啶ㄠ 啶す啶距え啷� 啶膏ぐ啷嵿さ啶距え啶多啶粪い啶� 啷� 啷ㄠオ 啷�sattva峁� rajastama艣caiva tr墨n vidy膩d膩tmano gu峁嚹乶 |
yairvy膩pyaim膩n sthito bh膩v膩n mah膩n sarv膩na艣e峁ta岣� || 24 ||Know Sattva, Rajas and Tamas to be the three qualities of the Self, by means of which the Great One completely pervades all these beings.鈥�(24)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
All that appertains to the Action-side of human activity has been expounded; what appertains to the Knowledge-side of it. is now set forth. And what is now stated, at the outset, deals with the subordinate factors, and hence appears to savour of Dualism.
Sattva and the rest are the three qualities of the 鈥楽elf.鈥� The term 鈥楽elf鈥� here stands, not for the Soul, but for the Great Principle. In fact, the term 鈥�Self鈥� denotes one鈥檚 nature, and not necessarily the inner side of things. And then the Soul by its very nature, is devoid of qualities.
Or what is mentioned here refers to the Soul that undergoes experiences,鈥攖he qualities being the object of experience.
鈥�Great One鈥欌�擳his stands for Primordial matter itself,鈥攖his being what happens to be in closest proximity to the Great Principle, which is the first to evolve out of Primordial Matter. It is so called (the 鈥楪reat One鈥�) because it is the source of all Emanations.鈥�(24)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (Pr膩ya艣citta p. 487);鈥攆ind in 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (Pr膩ya艣citta, 40b.)
Comparative notes by various authors
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (3.182).鈥斺赌�Sattva, Rajas and Tamas have been declared to be the attributes of 膧迟尘补苍; when obsessed by Rajas and Tamas, it is made to revolve like a wheel.鈥�