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 11.120
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶曕ぞ啶い啷� 啶班啶むじ啶� 啶膏啶曕 啶掂啶班い啶膏啶ムじ啷嵿く 啶︵啶掂た啶溹え啷嵿ぎ啶ㄠ 啷�
啶呧い啶苦啷嵿ぐ啶 啶掂啶班い啶膏啶ぞ啶灌啶班啶оぐ啷嵿ぎ啶溹啶炧ぞ 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶掂ぞ啶︵た啶ㄠ 啷� 啷оエ啷� 啷�k膩mato retasa岣� seka峁� vratasthasya dvijanmana岣� |
atikrama峁� vratasy膩hurdharmaj帽膩 brahmav膩dina岣� || 120 ||Persons learned in the Veda and knowing the law declare that for the twice-born person keeping up his vows, the intentional emission of semen means a 鈥榯ransgression of the vow.鈥欌��(120)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
This verse supplies the explanation of the meaning of the term 鈥�补惫补办墨峁涐箛墨苍鈥� 鈥榠mmoral religious student鈥�;鈥攆rom which it is clear that the term 鈥�vrata鈥� here stands for something other than the penances mentioned in the present context
鈥�Keeping up his vows.鈥欌�擮n the strength of other Sm峁泃i texts, this should be understood to mean 鈥榦ne who is in the state of the Religious Student鈥�; as it is for such a one that emission of semen, even without sexual intercourse, has been specially forbidden.
The rule here laid down applies to the case, of intentional emission of semen.鈥�(120)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 1140), which explains that this 鈥榚mission of the seed鈥� is meant to be 鈥榠n a woman鈥�;鈥攁nd in 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 909.)
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 11.118-123)
See Comparative notes for Verse 11.118.