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 2.226
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶嗋啶距ぐ啷嵿く啷� 啶啶班す啷嵿ぎ啶｀ 啶啶班啶むた啶� 啶た啶むぞ 啶啶班啶むた啶� 啶啶班啶距お啶む啶� 啷�
啶ぞ啶むぞ 啶啶ムた啶掂啶ぞ 啶啶班啶むた啶膏啶む 啶啶班ぞ啶むぞ 啶膏啶掂 啶啶班啶むた啶班ぞ啶む啶え啶� 啷� 啷ㄠエ啷� 啷�膩c膩ryo brahma峁噊 m奴rti岣� pit膩 m奴rti岣� praj膩pate岣� |
m膩t膩 p峁泃hivy膩 m奴rtistu bhr膩t膩 svo m奴rtir膩tmana岣� || 226 ||The preceptor is the embodiment of Brahman; the father is the embodiment of Praj膩pati; the Mother is the embodiment of the earth, and one鈥檚 own brother is the embodiment of the self.鈥�(226)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
This verse is commendatory of what has gone above.
That supreme Brahma峁� which is described in the Vedantic Upani峁ds鈥攐f that the Preceptor is the 鈥�embodiment鈥欌赌�i.e., he is as it were the very image of Brahman. 鈥�The father is the embodiment of Praj膩pati鈥欌赌�i.e., Hira峁噛agarbha. The mother is the same as this earth,鈥攂oth being equally capable; of bearing burdens. 鈥�One鈥檚 own鈥欌赌�i.e., uterine鈥斺��brother is the embodiment of the self鈥欌赌攖he conscious entity within the body.
All the gods here named are possessed of majestic greatness, and destroy one, if they are treated with disrespect, while if propitiated, they endow one with all desirable things; and similar to these are the preceptor and the rest; who thus become eulogised by this verse.鈥�(226)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 厂尘峁泃颈肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 94).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 225-228)
See Comparative notes for Verse 2.225.