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 3.73
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶呧す啷佮い啶� 啶� 啶灌啶む 啶氞啶� 啶むぅ啶� 啶啶班す啷佮い啶啶� 啶� 啷�
啶啶班ぞ啶灌啶啶 啶灌啶む 啶啶班ぞ啶多た啶む 啶� 啶啷嵿啶啷嵿啶距え啷� 啶啶班啶曕啶粪い啷� ? 啷� 啷ォ 啷�ahuta峁� ca huta峁� caiva tath膩 prahutameva ca |
br膩hmya峁� huta峁� pr膩艣ita峁� ca pa帽cayaj帽膩n pracak峁te ? || 73 ||鈥楾hey also call these five sacrifices鈥�(1) 鈥淎huta,鈥� (2) 鈥淗uta,鈥� (3) 鈥淧rahuta,鈥� (4) 鈥淏r膩hmya-huta,鈥� and (5) 鈥淧r膩艣ita.鈥濃�欌��(73)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
In certain Vedic texts, it is these sacrifices that have been enjoined under these names; hence the present verse mentions these names, with a view to show that the injunction of these is based upon the Veda itself.
What is meant also is that the rites that have been mentioned in the Veda by the names. 鈥�Ahuta鈥� and the rest, are also included here, though not mentioned by the same names. This is another purpose that the author had in view in mentioning these other names; just like the names 鈥�产谤补丑尘补测补箩帽补,鈥� 鈥�艣谤腻诲诲丑补,鈥� 鈥�耻诲惫腻丑补,鈥� 鈥�辫补谤颈办谤颈测腻,鈥� and so forth.鈥�(73)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
Two of these technical terms occur in the beginning of Baudh膩yana鈥檚 骋峁沨测补蝉奴迟谤补, and four in P膩raskara鈥檚 骋峁沨测补蝉奴迟谤补 1.4.1, as well as in 艢膩峁卥h膩yana鈥檚 1.5.1.
This verse is quoted, without comment, in 痴墨谤补尘颈迟谤辞诲补测补 (膧hnika, p. 392);鈥攁nd in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 142), which adds that these are the names for the 鈥榝ive sacrifices.鈥�
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 3.73-74)
P膩raskara-骋峁沨测补蝉奴迟谤补 (1.4.1).鈥斺�楾here are four P膩kayaj帽as鈥擧uta, Ahuta, Prahuta, and Pr膩艣ita.鈥�
膧艣val膩yana-骋峁沨测补蝉奴迟谤补 (1.1.3).鈥斺赌楾丑别 Huta are those offered into the fire; those not offered into the fire are the Prahuta; and the feeding of Br膩hma峁嘺s constitutes the 叠谤补丑尘补峁噄-丑耻迟补.鈥�