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 1.13 [Creation of Heaven and Earth]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶むぞ啶啶ぞ啶� 啶� 啶多啶侧ぞ啶啶ぞ啶� 啶� 啶︵た啶掂 啶啶た啶� 啶� 啶ㄠた啶班啶ぎ啷� 啷�
啶ぇ啷嵿く啷� 啶掂啶啶� 啶︵た啶多ざ啷嵿啶距し啷嵿啶距さ啶ぞ啶� 啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠ 啶� 啶多ぞ啶多啶掂い啶 啷� 啷оォ 啷�t膩bhy膩峁� sa 艣akal膩bhy膩峁� ca diva峁� bh奴mi峁� ca nirmame |
madhye vyoma di艣a艣c膩峁ａ弓膩vap膩峁� sth膩na峁� ca 艣膩艣vatam || 13 ||Out of those two pieces (of the egg) he formed Heaven and Earth, and, between them, the 膧办腻艣补, the eight quarters and the eternal receptacle of water.鈥�(13)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�Two pieces鈥欌�攖he two halves of the egg-shell; out of these two pieces of the egg-shell,鈥斺��he formed,鈥� produced,鈥斺��and Earth鈥�; the lower half being earth [and the upper half Heaven];鈥斺��between them 膧办腻艣补,鈥� empty space,鈥斺��the eight quarters,鈥� the East and the rest, along with the intermediate points of the South-East, etc.;鈥斺��the receptacle of water鈥欌��(1) in the atmosphere, (2) the Ocean and (3) the 膧办腻艣补 within the Earth and the Nether Regions.鈥�(13)