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 2.233
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶囙ぎ啶� 啶侧啶曕 啶ぞ啶む啶啷嵿い啷嵿く啶� 啶た啶む啶啷嵿い啷嵿く啶� 啶む 啶ぇ啷嵿く啶ぎ啷� 啷�
啶椸啶班啶多啶多啶班啶粪く啶� 啶む啶掂啶掂 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶侧啶曕 啶膏ぎ啶多啶ㄠ啶む 啷� 啷ㄠォ啷� 啷�ima峁� loka峁� m膩t峁沚hakty膩 pit峁沚hakty膩 tu madhyamam |
guru艣u艣r奴峁y膩 tveva峁� brahmaloka峁� sama艣nute || 233 ||He acquires this region by devotion to his Mother, the middle region by devotion to his Father, and the region of Brahman by serving his Preceptor.鈥�(233)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�This region;鈥欌赌�i.e., the Earth; the Mother being equal to the Earth, on account of both of them being capable of bearing burdens.
鈥�By devotion to his Father, the middle region;鈥欌赌�i.e., the sky. The Father has been described as Praj膩pati; and according to the followers of the Nirukta, Praj膩pati has his abode in the middle Region; and he is the sustainer or protector of men.
鈥�The Region of Brahman鈥欌赌�i.e., the solar region; according to the declaration (in the Ch膩ndogya Upani峁d) that 鈥榯he Sun is Brahman, such is the teaching.鈥�
鈥�Region鈥欌赌攎eans a particular place.
鈥�Acquires鈥欌赌攇ains.
All this is a purely commendatory statement; and much attention need not be paid to it. Nor is it that only persons desirous of sovereignty over the said regions are to do honour to the Rather, etc.; for the injunction is not an optional one. In fact, the mere fact of the person being one鈥檚 father is the sole condition of his being honoured; and the omission of it involves a transgression of the scriptures.鈥�(233)
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 (膧c膩ra, p. 336) under the section 鈥榃orship of the Guru鈥�;鈥攊n 笔谤腻测补艣肠颈迟迟补惫颈惫别办补 (p. 129);鈥攁nd in 厂尘峁泃颈肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 95).
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (31.10).鈥擺Reproduces Manu.]
艢谤耻迟颈 (笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补, p. 336).鈥斺�楾hese objects become manifest to that person who has the highest devotion to God, and as towards God so towards the Guru.鈥�
艢颈惫补辫耻谤腻峁嘺 (笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补, p. 336).鈥斺�楾he Guru has been declared to be 艢iva.鈥�
惭补丑腻丑丑腻谤补迟补 (12.108.9).鈥�(Same as Manu.)