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 2.65 [Hair-clipping (办别艣腻苍迟补)]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶曕啶多ぞ啶ㄠ啶む 啶粪啶∴ざ啷� 啶掂ぐ啷嵿し啷� 啶啶班ぞ啶灌啶ぃ啶膏啶� 啶掂た啶о啶い啷� 啷�
啶班ぞ啶溹え啷嵿く啶え啷嵿ぇ啷嬥ぐ啷嵿う啷嵿さ啶距さ啶苦啶多 啶掂啶多啶じ啷嵿く 啶︵啶掂啶ぇ啶苦啷� 啶い啶� 啷� 啷カ 啷�办别艣腻苍迟补岣� 峁岣峚艣e var峁 br膩hma峁嘺sya vidh墨yate |
r膩janyabandhordv膩vi峁兣沞 vai艣yasya dvyadhike mata岣� || 65 ||The sacrament of 碍别艣腻苍迟补 is ordained for the Br膩hma峁嘺 in his sixteenth year; for the 碍峁迟谤颈测补 in his twenty-second year, and for the Vai艣ya two years later.鈥�(65)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�碍别艣腻苍迟补鈥擧air-clipping. is鈥攖he name of a particular sacrament. This sacrament should be done, for the Br膩hma峁嘺, in his sixteenth year, from conception. For a knowledge of the exact form of this sacrament our only source is the G峁沨yas奴tra.
鈥�Two years later鈥欌赌�i.e., in the year, which is two years later than the twenty-second. Or, the compound may be taken as qualifying 鈥榯ime,鈥� so that the meaning is鈥斺�榓t the time which comes two years later than the twenty-second,鈥欌赌斺��for the Vai艣ya.鈥� The numeral adjective 鈥榯wo鈥� must be taken as qualifying years; as the whole verse refers to years.鈥�(65)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 笔耻谤耻峁Ｄ乺迟丑补肠颈苍迟腻尘补峁噄 (p. 444);鈥攊n 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (艢r膩ddha, p. 778);鈥攊n 厂尘峁泃颈肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 107);鈥攊n 厂补峁僺办腻谤补尘补测奴办丑补 (p. 637), which explains Dvyadhike as in the twenty-fourth year;鈥攁nd in 厂补峁僺办腻谤补谤补迟苍补尘腻濒腻 (p. 353), which explains 谤腻箩腻苍测补产补苍诲丑耻岣� as 碍峁迟谤颈测补 and Dvyadhike as twenty-fourth.
Another name for the 碍别艣腻苍迟补 sacrament mentioned in 厂补峁僺办腻谤补尘补测奴办丑补 is 鈥�骋辞诲腻苍补,鈥� which has been etymologically explained as 鈥�g膩va岣� ke艣膩岣�-d墨yante chidyante yasmin.
This verse is quoted in 笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫补 (膧c膩ra, p. 457), where it is said that this rite is what is called 鈥榞od膩na鈥�;鈥攁nd in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 67), which adds that the numbers here mentioned are to be counted from birth and not from conception, for if the latter were meant, the word used would have been 鈥�驳补谤产丑补峁岣峚艣补鈥� like 鈥�驳补谤产丑补峁ａ弓补尘补.鈥�
Comparative notes by various authors
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补, 1 36.鈥斺�楾he 办别艣腻苍迟补 is to be done in the sixteenth year.鈥�
膧pastamba- G峁沨yas奴tra, 1.17.1-2.鈥斺�楾he 骋辞诲腻苍补 (Hair-cutting) in the sixteenth year.鈥�
笔腻谤补蝉办补谤补-骋峁沨测补蝉奴迟谤补, 2.3.鈥斺�榃hen the boy is sixteen years old, comes the 办别艣腻苍迟补.鈥�
Gobhila- G峁沨yas奴tra, 3.1.鈥斺�楴ow, the 骋辞诲腻苍补 in the sixteenth year; the 办别艣腻苍迟补 ceremony is described by the description of the 颁奴岣嵞乲补谤补峁嘺