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 3.9
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶ㄠ啶曕啶粪さ啷冟啷嵿し啶ㄠう啷�啶ㄠぞ啶啶ㄠ啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶ㄠ啶む啶お啶班啶掂い啶ㄠぞ啶た啶曕ぞ啶 啷�
啶� 啶啷嵿し啷嵿く啶灌た啶啶班啶粪啶え啶距ぎ啷嵿え啷�啶� 啶� 啶� 啶啶粪ぃ啶ㄠぞ啶た啶曕ぞ啶 啷� 啷� 啷�na峁沰峁惫峁沰峁苍补诲墨n膩mn墨峁� n膩ntya辫补谤惫补迟补苍腻尘颈办腻尘 |
na pak峁ahipre峁an膩mn墨峁� na ca bh墨峁峁嘺n膩mik膩m || 9 ||Nor one bearing the name of an asterism, or a tree, or a river; nob one having her hame after a low caste or a mountain; nor one named after a bird, a serpent or a slave; nor one with a hame inspiring terror.鈥�(9)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�Asterism鈥� is constellation; one who bears the name of one of these; such as 鈥�膧谤诲谤腻,鈥� 鈥�闯测别峁ａ弓丑腻,鈥� and the like.
鈥�Bearing the name of a tree鈥欌�攕uch as 鈥樑歩峁兣沘p膩,鈥� 鈥�膧尘补濒补办墨,鈥� and so forth.
鈥�River鈥欌�攖he Ga峁単膩 and the Yamun膩; she who bears these names.
The term 鈥�峁沰峁惫峁沰峁苍补诲墨鈥� is to be expounded as a copulative compound; which with the following term 鈥�苍腻尘补苍鈥� forms a genitive 罢补迟辫耻谤耻峁 compound; and these, along with the term 鈥槻阅宄静共遭�� repeated, form a 叠补丑耻惫谤墨丑颈 compound; the repeated term 鈥�苍腻尘补苍鈥� being dropped.
鈥�Having her name after a low caste鈥欌�� such as 鈥�叠补谤产补谤墨鈥�
鈥�艢补产补谤墨鈥� and the like.
鈥�Mountains鈥欌�� such as the Vindhy膩, the Himalaya, and the rest.
This compound (鈥�辫补谤惫补迟补苍腻尘颈办腻尘鈥�) also is to be expounded as the former; and has the 鈥�ka鈥� affix added to it.
鈥�Named after a bird鈥欌�� snch as 鈥�艢耻办墨鈥� 鈥�厂腻谤颈办腻,鈥� and the like.
鈥�Serpent,鈥� snake; one who is named after it; such as 鈥�痴测腻濒墨,鈥� 鈥�叠丑耻箩补峁単墨.鈥�
鈥�Slave鈥欌�� such names as 鈥�顿腻蝉墨,鈥� 鈥�叠腻濒墨.鈥�
鈥�Inspiring terror鈥欌�攖hat which causes fear; such as 岣屇乲颈苍墨,鈥� 鈥�搁腻办峁蝉墨.鈥�
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 732), where 鈥�峁沰峁鈥� is explained as 鈥榓sterism;鈥欌�攁nd 鈥�antya鈥� as 鈥�mleccha;鈥欌赌攊苍 厂尘峁泃颈迟补迟迟惫补 (II, p. 149) to the same effect as the preceding verse;鈥欌赌攊苍 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (Lak峁峁嘺, p. 120), where 鈥�antya鈥� is explained as 鈥�antyaja,鈥� i.e., 肠腻峁囜笉腻濒补;鈥攊苍 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 78) as indicating the unmarriageability of girls with the wrong type of names;鈥攊苍 厂补尘办腻谤补尘补测奴办丑补 (p. 74);鈥攊苍 厂补峁僺办腻谤补谤补迟苍补尘腻濒腻 (p. 510), which explains 鈥�antya鈥� as bearing a Mleccha name;鈥攊苍 厂尘峁泃颈肠补苍诲谤颈办腻 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 201), which explains 鈥�峁沰峁鈥� as 鈥�苍补办峁迟谤补,鈥� 鈥�antya鈥� as 鈥�mleccha,鈥� and 鈥�产丑墨峁峁嚹�鈥� as terrifying;鈥攁nd in 狈峁泂颈峁僪补辫谤补蝉腻诲补 (Sa峁僺k膩ra, p. 50a).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 3.8-9)
See Comparative notes for Verse 3.8.