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 12.42-44
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶膏啶ムぞ啶掂ぐ啶距 啶曕啶た啶曕啶熰ぞ啶多啶� 啶い啷嵿じ啷嵿く啶距 啶膏ぐ啷嵿お啶距 啶膏啶氞啶涏お啶距 啷�
啶ざ啶掂ざ啷嵿 啶啶椸ぞ啶多啶氞啶� 啶溹啶ㄠ啶ぞ 啶むぞ啶じ啷� 啶椸い啶苦 啷� 啷エ 啷�
啶灌じ啷嵿い啶苦え啶多啶� 啶む啶班啷嵿啶距ざ啷嵿 啶多啶︵啶班ぞ 啶啶侧啶氞啶涏ぞ啶多啶� 啶椸ぐ啷嵿す啶苦い啶距 啷�
啶膏た啶傕す啶� 啶掂啶ぞ啶樴啶班ぞ 啶掂ぐ啶距す啶距ざ啷嵿 啶ぇ啷嵿く啶ぞ 啶むぞ啶じ啷� 啶椸い啶苦 啷� 啷ォ 啷�
啶氞ぞ啶班ぃ啶距ざ啷嵿 啶膏啶ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶距ざ啷嵿 啶啶班啶粪ぞ啶多啶氞啶� 啶︵ぞ啶啶た啶曕ぞ啶� 啷�
啶班啷嵿し啶距啶膏た 啶� 啶た啶多ぞ啶氞ぞ啶多啶� 啶むぞ啶じ啷�啶粪啶む啶むぎ啶� 啶椸い啶苦 啷� 啷オ 啷�sth膩var膩岣� k峁沵ik墨峁伵沜a matsy膩岣� sarp膩岣� sakacchap膩岣� |
pa艣ava艣ca m峁沢膩艣caiva jaghany膩 t膩mas墨 gati岣� || 42 ||
hastina艣ca tura峁単膩艣ca 艣奴dr膩 mlecch膩艣ca garhit膩岣� |
si峁僪膩 vy膩ghr膩 var膩h膩艣ca madhyam膩 t膩mas墨 gati岣� || 43 ||
c膩ra峁嚹伵沜a supar峁嚹伵沜a puru峁Ｄ伵沜aiva d膩mbhik膩岣� |
rak峁Ｄ佱箖si ca pi艣膩c膩艣ca t膩mas墨峁Ｅ玹tam膩 gati岣� || 44 ||Inanimate beings, worms, insects, fishes, snakes, tortoise, cattle and wild animals,鈥攔epresent the lowest state due to the quality of 鈥楾amas.鈥欌��(42)
Elephants, horses, despised 艢奴诲谤补蝉, Mlecchas, lions, tigers and boars鈥攔epresent the middling state due to the quality of 鈥楾amas.鈥欌��(43)
颁腻谤补峁嘺蝉, 厂耻辫补谤峁嘺蝉, hypocritical men, 搁腻办峁蝉补蝉, and 笔颈艣腻肠补蝉鈥攔epresent the highest state among those partaking of the quality of 鈥楾amas.鈥欌��(44)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
(verses 12.42-44)
鈥�颁腻谤补峁嘺蝉鈥欌�攄ancers, singers, pimps, and so forth.
鈥�厂耻辫补谤峁嘺蝉鈥欌�攁 particular kind of birds.
The epithet 鈥�despised鈥� is to be construed with 鈥�艢奴诲谤补蝉,鈥欌赌�i.e., those 艢奴诲谤补蝉 who disregard the Br膩hma峁嘺s, poach upon their livelihood, and are characterised by haughtiness, vanity, and such qualities. Such injurious persons as thieves and others are also included among the鈥�despised.鈥欌赌�(42-44)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
(verse 12.42)
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 1000);鈥攊n 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 693);鈥攊n 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (Pr膩ya艣citta, p. 488);鈥攁nd in 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (Pr膩yahschitta 41a.)
(verse 12.43)
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 1000);鈥攊n 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 693);鈥攊n 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (Pr膩ya艣citta p. 488);鈥攁nd in 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (Pr膩ya艣citta 41a.)
(verse 12.44)
鈥�颁腻谤补峁嘺岣�鈥欌�斺�楤ards, singers etc,鈥� (Medh膩tithi);鈥斺�榬ope-dancers鈥�. (N膩r膩ya峁嘺),鈥斺�榓 class of mythological beings鈥� (R膩ghav膩nanda.)
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 1000), which adds that the variation in the resultant condition is due to variations in the being鈥檚 past acts;鈥攊n 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 693);鈥攊n 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (Pr膩ya艣citta, p. 488);鈥攁nd in 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (Pr膩ya艣citta 41 a).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 12.32-51)
See Comparative notes for Verse 12.32.