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 2.157
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ぅ啶� 啶曕ぞ啶粪啶犩ぎ啶 啶灌じ啷嵿い啷� 啶ぅ啶� 啶氞ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶く啷� 啶啶椸 啷�
啶ざ啷嵿 啶掂た啶啶班啶洁え啶о啶ぞ啶ㄠじ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶じ啷嵿い啷� 啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶た啶啶班い啶� 啷� 啷оカ啷� 啷�yath膩 k膩峁ａ弓hamayo hast墨 yath膩 carmamayo m峁沢a岣� |
ya艣ca vipro'nadh墨y膩nastrayaste n膩ma bibhrati || 157 ||As the elephant made of wood, as the deer made of leather, so the non-learning Br膩hma峁嘺,鈥攖hese three merely bear their names.鈥�(157)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
This verse praises learning and the learner.
鈥�Made of wood鈥�;鈥攖he form of the elephant made of wood by means of the said and other implements; just as this is useless, does not serve any useful purpose for the king, in the shape of killing his enemies and so forth,鈥攕o the Br膩hma峁嘺 who does not learn is like a piece of wood, not fit for anything.
鈥�The deer made of leather鈥�;鈥攕imilarly the deer that has been made out of leather is useless; it is of no use for purposes of limiting, etc.
鈥�These three only bear their names鈥欌�攁nd do not fulfil what is signified by these names.鈥�(157)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
鈥�K膩峁ａ弓hamayo hasti鈥欌�斺�淧robably allusions to old stories. Cf. the 叠峁沨补迟办补迟丑腻 for the 鈥榳ooden elephant鈥�... In Mah膩bh膩rata the same idea is expressed in slightly different words (12. 30. 40 ff.) and with added similes.鈥� (Burnell-Hopkins).
Comparative notes by various authors
叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补, 1.1-11,
笔补谤腻艣补谤补, 8-16,
痴补艣颈峁ａ弓丑补, 3.12,
鈥擱eproduce the words of Manu.
惭补丑腻丑丑腻谤补迟补, 12.3.6-46.鈥�(Same as Manu, but reading 鈥�bibhrati鈥� for 鈥�诲丑腻谤补办补.鈥�)