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 1.37 [Creation of the Semi-divine Beings]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶啷嵿し啶班啷嵿し啶� 啶た啶多ぞ啶氞ぞ啶傕ざ啷嵿 啶椸え啷嵿ぇ啶班啶掂ぞ啶啶膏ぐ啶膏啶洁じ啷佮ぐ啶距え啷� 啷�
啶ㄠぞ啶椸ぞ啶ㄠ 啶膏ぐ啷嵿お啶距え啷� 啶膏啶ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶距啶多啶� 啶た啶む啶｀ぞ啶傕ざ啷嵿 啶啶ム啷嵿啶｀ぎ啷� 啷� 啷┼キ 啷�yak峁rak峁岣� pi艣膩c膩峁兣沜a gandharv膩psaraso'sur膩n |
n膩g膩n sarp膩n supar峁嚹佱箖艣ca pit峁濁箛膩峁兣沜a p峁泃hagga峁嘺m || 37 ||[They called into being] also 驰补办峁蝉, Rak峁sas, 笔颈艣腻肠补蝉, Gandharvas, Apsarases, Asuras, 狈腻驳补蝉, Sarpas, Supar峁嘺s, and the several orders of 笔颈迟峁泂.鈥�(37)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
The various forms of the Yak峁 and other beings here mentioned can be known only from the 滨迟颈丑腻蝉补蝉 and such other sources; they cannot be known by any of the ordinary means of cognition, perception and the rest.鈥擳he 鈥�驰补办峁蝉鈥� are the followers of Kuvera;鈥斺��搁腻办峁蝉补蝉,鈥� Biv墨峁峁嘺 and others;鈥攂eings more cruel than these last are 鈥�笔颈艣腻肠补蝉,鈥� who live in unclean places and in deserts, &c., and are inferior to 驰补办峁蝉 and 搁腻办峁蝉补蝉; though all three are mischievous; by trickery they draw out the life of living beings, and by some invisible power they bring about diseases: so say persons knowing the 滨迟颈丑腻蝉补蝉 (stories) and Mantra (滨苍肠补苍迟补迟颈辞苍蝉).鈥斺赌�Gandharvas,鈥� are those followers of the Gods whose chief work consists of singing and dancing;鈥斺��Apsarases,鈥� the courtezans of the Gods, Urva艣墨 and the rest;鈥斺��Asuras,鈥� the Gods鈥� enemies, V峁泃tra, Virocana, Hira峁噛膩ksa and so forth;鈥斺��狈腻驳补蝉鈥� (the Great Serpents), V膩suki, Tak峁ka and the rest;鈥斺��Sarpas鈥� (Serpents) are well known;鈥斺��Suparnas,鈥� the great Birds, Garu岣峚 and the rest;鈥斺��笔颈迟峁泂,鈥� named 鈥�Somapa,鈥� 鈥�Ayyapa鈥� and so forth, who reside, like Gods, in their own regions; the 鈥�several orders鈥� of these also;鈥攁ll these (the mighty sages) called into being.鈥�(37)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
鈥�Pit峁涐箛膩m ga峁嚹乶鈥欌�擳he 鈥�辫颈迟峁泂鈥� are not actually the 鈥榝athers,鈥� as is clear from the present text; they are a particular class of divine beings, though it is from these that human beings are descended. See III, 194鈥�199.