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 2.197
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ぐ啶距啷嵿ぎ啷佮啶膏啶ぞ啶た啶啶栢 啶︵啶班じ啷嵿ぅ啶膏啶啶む啶� 啶氞ぞ啶ㄠ啶むた啶曕ぎ啷� 啷�
啶啶班ぃ啶啶� 啶む 啶多く啶距え啶膏啶� 啶ㄠた啶︵啶多 啶氞啶� 啶むた啶粪啶犩い啶� 啷� 啷оク啷� 啷�par膩峁卪ukhasy膩bhimukho d奴rasthasyetya c膩ntikam |
辫谤补峁嘺尘测补 tu 艣ay膩nasya nide艣e caiva 迟颈峁ａ弓丑补迟补岣� || 197 ||Facing him, when the teacher has his pace averted; going near him, when the teacher is at a distance; bowing low, when the teacher is lying down, as also if he is standing close by.鈥�(197)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�When the teacher has his face averted,鈥欌�攖he pupil should sit facing him; that is, if the Teacher happen to have his face turned the other way when he gives his directions, the pupil should go over to the side facing the teacher and then do the aforesaid (listening and conversing).
鈥�When the teacher is at a distance,鈥欌�攖he pupil should go near him, approach him.
When the teacher is seated, as also when he is lying down, the pupil should bow down鈥� humbly bend his body low.
鈥�狈颈诲别艣别鈥� means 鈥榗lose by鈥�; when he is sitting close by, then the aforesaid acts should be done after bowing low.鈥�(197)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
鈥�狈颈诲别艣别 迟颈峁ａ弓丑补迟补岣�鈥�.鈥斺�楽tanding close by鈥� (Medh膩tithi, Govindar膩ja, Kull奴ka, and R膩ghav膩nanda);鈥斺�榮tanding in a lower place鈥� (N膩r膩ya峁嘺 and Nandana).
This verse is quoted in 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 106), where the following explanation is added:鈥擶e have the form 鈥�osyetya鈥� (which is the reading adopted by the writer) and 峁噊t 鈥�syaitya鈥� because of the S奴tra 鈥�尘腻苍补艣肠补鈥�;鈥斺赌�辫谤补峁嘺尘测补鈥� is to be construed with 鈥�苍颈谤诲别艣别 (the reading adopted by the writer) 迟颈峁ａ弓丑补迟补岣�鈥�;鈥斺赌�苍颈谤诲别艣别鈥� meaning in a lower place, or, according to others in a place close by;鈥攁nd in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 56).
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (28.20, 21, 23).鈥斺�楩acing the teacher when he has his face turned away;鈥攊f he is far away, he should approach near him;鈥攊f he is lying down, he should be saluted.鈥�