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 2.90
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶多啶班啶む啶班 啶む啶掂啷� 啶氞啷嵿し啷佮し啷� 啶溹た啶灌啶掂ぞ 啶ㄠぞ啶膏た啶曕ぞ 啶氞啶� 啶啷嵿啶 啷�
啶ぞ啶啶じ啷嵿ぅ啶� 啶灌じ啷嵿い啶ぞ啶︵ 啶掂ぞ啶曕 啶氞啶� 啶︵ざ啶 啶膏啶啶むぞ 啷� 啷ウ 啷�艣rotra峁� tvak cak峁峁Ｄ� jihv膩 n膩sik膩 caiva pa帽cam墨 |
p膩y奴pastha峁� hastap膩da峁� v膩k caiva da艣am墨 sm峁泃膩 || 90 ||(They are) the Ear, the Skin, the Eyes, the Tongue and the Nose as the fifth; the Anus, the Generative Organ, the Hands and Feet, and Speech described as the tenth.鈥�(90)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
The Ear and the rest are well known. We have 鈥�Eyes鈥� in the Dual, in view of the two different substrata (of the Visual Organ); in other places we have the singular number in view of the fact that the Faculty itself, subsisting in the said substrata, is one only.
The 鈥�Generative Organ,鈥欌�攖he organ secreting the semen (in males), and the ovule and its receptacle (in females).
鈥�Hands and feet鈥欌赌斺赌�贬补蝉迟补辫腻诲补尘鈥�;鈥攖he copulative compound has been put in the singular number according to P膩峁噄ni 2. 4. 2, by which copulative compounds consisting of terras expressive of limbs of living beings are put in the singular.
鈥�Speech鈥� here stands for that part of the body which consists of the Palate and the rest, and serve to manifest sound.
This verse mentions the names (of Organs).鈥�(90)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted (along with 92) in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 982) as enumerating the sense organs.
Comparative notes by various authors
(Verses 89-92)
See Comparative notes for Verse 2.89.