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 12.112
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶嬥啷嵿さ啷囙う啶掂た啶︵ 啶啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啶苦う啷嵿 啶膏ぞ啶さ啷囙う啶掂た啶︵啶� 啶� 啷�
啶む啶班啶啶洁さ啶班ぞ 啶ぐ啶苦し啶︵啶溹啶炧啶ぞ 啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶膏啶多く啶ㄠた啶班啶｀く啷� 啷� 啷оェ啷� 啷�峁沢vedavid yajurvidca s膩mavedavideva ca |
try'var膩 pari峁dj帽ey膩 dharmasa峁兣沘yanir峁嘺ye || 112 ||A person knowing the 峁欢惫别诲补, a person knowing the Yajurveda, and a person knowing the 厂腻尘补惫别诲补, shall be understood to form the assembly of at least three members, competent to decide doubtful points of law.鈥�(112)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
The meaning of the Veda is understood with the help of Nirukta, Vy膩kara峁嘺 and M墨m膩峁僺膩. A knowledge of these should be possessed by all the three persons, as these do not help the comprehending of the meaning of any one Veda only, and not of others. Hence a knowledge of these is essential in all cases.
The distinction of the three Vedas鈥斸够侗贡鸹宀� and the rest鈥攈as been mentioned on the basis of the distinction made in the 骋峁沨测补蝉奴迟谤补蝉.鈥�(112)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (3.300) as prescribing a second kind of 鈥楢ssembly鈥�;鈥攊n 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 21);鈥攁nd in 厂尘峁泃颈肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 8).
Comparative notes by various authors
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.9).鈥斺�楩our persons well versed in the Veda and in Law, or learned in the three Vedas, constitute the 笔补谤颈峁诲, Assembly; whatever this Assembly declares is the Law; or what is declared by a single person thoroughly cognisant of the Self.鈥�