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 1.67 [鈥楧ay鈥� and 鈥楴ight鈥� of the 鈥楪ods鈥橾
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶︵啶掂 啶班ぞ啶む啶班啶す啶ㄠ 啶掂ぐ啷嵿し啶� 啶啶班さ啶苦き啶距啶膏啶むく啷嬥 啶啶ㄠ 啷�
啶呧す啶膏啶むい啷嵿ぐ啷嬥う啶椸く啶ㄠ 啶班ぞ啶む啶班た啶� 啶膏啶ぞ啶︵ 啶︵啷嵿し啶苦ぃ啶距く啶ㄠぎ啷� 啷� 啷キ 啷�daive r膩tryahan墨 var峁峁� pravibh膩gastayo岣� puna岣� |
ahastatrodagayana峁� r膩tri岣� sy膩d dak峁峁嚹亂anam || 67 ||One 鈥榶ear鈥� (of men) forms the 鈥楧ay and Night鈥� of the Gods; and the division of these is that the 鈥楴orthern course鈥� is the 鈥楧ay,鈥� and the 鈥楽outhern Course鈥� the 鈥楴ight.鈥欌��(67)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�One year,鈥� of men,鈥�i.e., twelve months,鈥斺��forms the Day and Night of the Gode.鈥欌�擳he division of these is by means of the 鈥楴orthern Course鈥� and the 鈥楽outhern Course鈥�; the six months during which the Sun moves towards the North is the 鈥楴orthern Course,鈥� 鈥�Udagayanam鈥�; the term 鈥�ayana鈥� standing for moving or occupying; the meaning being that during the six months the Sun rises towards that particular quarter. Turning hack from that, there comes the 鈥楽outhern course鈥�; during these six months the Sun abandons the Northern quarters and rises towards the South.鈥�(67)