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 2.222
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶嗋啶啶� 啶啶班く啶む 啶ㄠた啶む啶ぎ啷佮き啷� 啶膏え啷嵿ぇ啷嵿く啷� 啶膏ぎ啶距す啶苦い啶� 啷�
啶多啶氞 啶︵啶多 啶溹お啶炧啶溹お啷嵿く啶啶ぞ啶膏啶� 啶ぅ啶距さ啶苦ぇ啶� 啷� 啷ㄠエ啷� 啷�膩camya prayato nityamubhe sandhye sam膩hita岣� |
艣ucau de艣e japa帽japyamup膩s墨ta yath膩vidhi || 222 ||Having sipped water, with calm and collected mind, he shall daily attend upon the two twilights, in a clean place, reciting the mantras to be recited, according to rule.鈥�(222)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
In as much as there is great sin accruing from sleeping at sun-set and sun-rise,鈥攖herefore 鈥�having sipped water鈥斺赌�with mind calm鈥欌�攊ntent upon the purpose鈥斺赌�and collected鈥欌�攈aving set aside all distractions;鈥斺赌�in a dean place, reciting the mantras to be recited,鈥欌赌�i.e., the 笔谤补峁嘺惫补, the 痴测腻丑峁泃颈蝉 and the 厂腻惫颈迟谤墨;鈥斺赌�one should attend upon the two twilights.鈥� The two twilights are the objects to be attended upon; and 鈥榓ttendance鈥� in this case can only be in the form of a particular disposition of the mind.
Or, the construction may be鈥斺赌�During the two twilights he shall attend upon鈥攖he Sun.鈥� Since the mantra (厂腻惫颈迟谤墨) is one sacred to the Sun, it is the Sun that should be the object of attendance; i.e., having given up all distraction, he should fix his mind upon the Sun.
The rest of the verse is a descriptive commendation of the foregoing injunction; the attending alone being the object of the injunction.
Others explain that the verse is meant to be the injunction of the 鈥�clean place.鈥�
But in this case there would be a needless repetition. In connection with all acts it has been laid down that 鈥榠t should be done by one who is clean鈥�; and if one were to sit in an unclean place, how could he be regarded as 鈥榗lean鈥�?鈥�(222)
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (28.2).鈥斺赌極ffering of the two Twilight Prayers.鈥�
Gautama (2-17).鈥斺赌楾he Morning Prayer should be offered standing, the Evening one, seated; the former while stars are visible, the latter before the stars have become visible.鈥�