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 3.254
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶た啶む啶班啶 啶膏啶掂う啶苦い啶た啶む啶啶� 啶掂ぞ啶氞啶 啶椸啶粪啶犩 啶む 啶膏啶多啶むぎ啷� 啷�
啶膏ぎ啷嵿お啶ㄠ啶ㄠぎ啶苦い啷嵿く啶啶啶︵く啷� 啶︵啶掂 啶班啶氞た啶むぎ啶苦い啷嵿く啶た 啷� 啷ㄠカ啷� 啷�pitrye svaditamityeva v膩cya峁� go峁ａ弓he tu su艣峁泃am |
sampannamityabhyudaye daive rucitamityapi || 254 ||At the rite in honour of the Pit峁泂, one should say 鈥渟vaditam鈥� (well-dined); at the Go峁ａ弓ha, 鈥渟u艣峁泃am鈥� (well-cooked); at the 膧bhyudayika rite, 鈥渟ampannam鈥� (accomplished); and at the rite in honour of the gods, 鈥渞ucitam鈥� (agreeable).鈥�(254)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
Other persons also, happening to be present on the occasion, should offer words of encouragement; and the terms to be used are here mentioned.
Another commentator explains as follows:鈥擳he permission to take food should be sought by means of these terms; hence these words have got to be uttered by the performer of the 艢谤腻诲诲丑补. But he should say, 鈥�Svadadhvam,鈥� 鈥榩lease eat well,鈥� and not 鈥�Svaditam,鈥� 鈥榳ell eaten;鈥� or, the reading may be 鈥�Svadatu鈥� (鈥榙o eat please鈥�).
This explanation is based upon another 厂尘峁泃颈 and upon custom; and, according to this, when the Br膩hma峁嘺s have begun to eat, they should be enlivened by the performer of the 艢谤腻诲诲丑补 with these words.
鈥�At the go峁ａ弓ha鈥欌赌�i.e., when several cows are sitting at the same place;鈥攖he word to be pronounced is 鈥�厂耻艣峁泃补尘,鈥� 鈥榳ell-cooked.鈥�
The word 鈥�Astu,鈥� 鈥榤ay it be,鈥� is understood everywhere.
At the rite in honour of the gods, the term used should be 鈥�rucitam鈥� or 鈥�rocitam鈥�(254)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
鈥�痴腻肠测补尘鈥欌赌斺�楤y the giver of the feast or any other person that happens to come鈥� (Medh膩tithi and Govindar膩ja);鈥斺�榖y the giver of the feast鈥� (Kull奴ka).
鈥�骋辞峁ａ弓丑别鈥欌赌斺�業n the cow-pen鈥� (Medh膩tithi);鈥斺�榓t the 骋辞峁ａ弓丑墨艣谤腻诲诲丑补鈥� (Kull奴ka and R膩ghav膩nanda);鈥斺�榓t a feast given to Br膩hma峁嘺s for the purpose of bringing some benefit to the cows鈥� (N膩r膩ya峁嘺).
This verse is quoted in 艢谤腻诲诲丑补kriy膩kaumud墨 (p. 177) as prescribing the form of 峁環e question to be addressed to the invited at a 艢谤腻诲诲丑补, after they have been fed.
Comparative notes by various authors
痴补艣颈峁ａ弓丑补 (3.63-64).鈥斺�楢t the offering to Pit峁泂, the term svaditam;鈥攁t the 膧bhyudayika offerings鈥�Sampannam.鈥�
(See 235 above.)