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 11.135
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶灌い啷嵿さ啶� 啶灌啶膏 啶げ啶距啶距 啶� 啶啶� 啶ぐ啷嵿す啶苦ぃ啶啶� 啶� 啷�
啶掂ぞ啶ㄠぐ啶� 啶多啶啶ㄠき啶距じ啷� 啶� 啶膏啶ぐ啷嵿ざ啶啶︵ 啶啶班ぞ啶灌啶ぃ啶距く 啶椸ぞ啶 啷� 啷оォ啷� 啷�hatv膩 ha峁僺a峁� 产补濒腻办腻峁� ca baka峁� barhi峁嘺meva ca |
v膩nara峁� 艣yenabh膩sau ca spar艣ayed br膩hma峁嚹亂a g膩m || 135 ||On having killed a swan, a 产补濒腻办腻, a crane, a peacock, a monkey, a falcon, or a vulture,鈥攐ne should give a cow to a 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺.鈥�(135)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (manubh膩峁a):
鈥�Swan鈥� and the; rest are birds.
鈥�痴腻苍补谤补鈥� is monkey.
鈥�厂辫补谤艣补测别迟鈥欌�攕hould give.
This expiation applies to the killing of any one of the animals mentioned; because the names have not been compounded into a copulative compound,鈥攁s has been explained before.鈥�(135)
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 (Pr膩ya艣citta, p. 62), which notes that this refers to 鈥榚ases where the offender is a wealthy person unable to do any fasting;鈥攊n 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 1132) in 惭颈迟腻办峁谤腻 (3.272);鈥攊苍 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 950);鈥攁nd in 笔谤腻测补艣肠颈迟迟补惫颈惫别办补 (p. 239).
Comparative notes by various authors
叠补耻诲丑腻测补苍补 (1.19.6).鈥�(See under 131.)
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (50.33).鈥斺�業f he has killed a 贬补峁僺补, or a crane, or a heron, or a cormorant, or an ape, or a falcon, or the vulture called 叠丑腻蝉补, or a Br膩hma峁嚹� duck, he must give a cow to a 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (3.273).鈥�(See under 135.)