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 3.267
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶むた啶侧啶班啶掂啶班啶灌た啶さ啷堗ぐ啷嵿ぎ啶距し啷堗ぐ啶︵啶た啶班啶啶侧か啶侧啶� 啶掂ぞ 啷�
啶︵い啷嵿い啷囙え 啶ぞ啶膏 啶む啶啶え啷嵿い啶� 啶掂た啶оた啶掂い啷� 啶た啶むぐ啷� 啶ㄠ啶｀ぞ啶 啷� 啷ㄠガ啷� 啷�tilair惫谤墨丑颈yavairm膩峁iradbhirm奴laphalena v膩 |
dattena m膩sa峁� t峁沺yanti vidhivat pitaro n峁涐箛膩m || 267 ||By the proper offering of sesamum, rice and barley, m膩峁, water, roots and fruits, 尘别苍鈥檚 ancestors are satisfied for one month.鈥�(267)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
The mention of the sesamum and other grains is not meant to be preclusive of other grains; it is meant only to be indicative of the peculiar results following from their offering; the sense being that when those are offered in the right manner, the ancestors remain satisfied for one year.
鈥�Proper,鈥� 鈥�ancestors,鈥� 鈥�尘别苍鈥檚.鈥欌�擳hese terms are purely reiterative, put in for the purpose of filling up the metre.鈥�(267)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (on 1.257) as describing what is meant by 鈥�丑补惫颈峁腻苍苍补鈥�;鈥攊苍 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (膧c膩ra, p. 705);鈥攊n 厂尘峁泃颈迟补迟迟惫补 (p. 224), which explains 鈥�惫谤墨丑颈鈥� as 鈥榬ice ripening in the autumn鈥�;鈥攊苍 痴颈诲丑腻苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (II, p. 744);鈥攊n 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (pp. 500 and 552);鈥攊n 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (艢r膩ddha, pp. 541 and 586);鈥攊n 骋补诲腻诲丑补谤补辫补诲诲丑补迟颈 (K膩la, p. 536);鈥攁nd in 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (艢r膩ddha, p. 9b).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 3.266-267)
See Comparative notes for Verse 3.266.