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 3.215
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶む啶班啶傕じ啷嵿い啷� 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶距う啷� 啶灌さ啶苦啶多啶粪ぞ啶む 啶た啶｀啶∴ぞ啶ㄠ 啶曕啶む啶掂ぞ 啶膏ぎ啶距す啶苦い啶� 啷�
啶呧啶︵啷囙え啷堗さ 啶掂た啶оた啶ㄠぞ 啶ㄠた啶班啶掂お啷囙う啷� 啶︵啷嵿し啶苦ぃ啶距ぎ啷佮啶� 啷� 啷ㄠェ啷� 啷�tr墨峁僺tu tasm膩d havi岣ヅ沞峁Ｄ乼 pi峁囜笉膩n k峁泃v膩 sam膩hita岣� |
audakenaiva vidhin膩 nirvaped dak峁峁嚹乵ukha岣� || 215 ||Having made these balls out of the remnant of the said sacrificial material, he should, with collected mind and facing the South, offer them in the manner of the water-libations.鈥�(215)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
From out of the material that had been held in the vessel, and out of which the fire-oblations have been offered,鈥斺��having made three bails,鈥� turning bis face towards the South, he should 鈥�offer them鈥欌赌�i.e., throw them on the 办耻艣补-驳谤补蝉蝉, with reference to the Pit峁泂.
The term 鈥�辫颈峁囜笉补,鈥� 鈥榖all,鈥� stands for something solid; hence, one should not, in this connection, offer disintegrated articles of food.
鈥�In the manner of the water-libations鈥欌赌�i.e., the manner of offering water-libations, which has been just pointed out (in the preceding verse).
In this connection, the following question arises:鈥斺�淪hould the purificatory rites necessary for the sacrificial material be performed over the substance taken out of the food that has been cooked for feeding the Br膩hma峁嘺s?鈥攐r, should separate rice be cooked?鈥攁nd also what should be the quantity of that sacrificial material? The rule laying down 鈥榝our handfulls鈥� cannot apply to this case.鈥�
This question has been already discussed; in the absence of any specific rules on the subject, one is free to do what one likes; and the quantity should be just what may be necessary for the purpose in view.
Inasmuch as 鈥榯he manner of the water-libations鈥� is laid down as applicable to the offering of balls, it follows that this latter offering is to be done with 鈥榟ands in the apasavya position,鈥� and not with silver implements.
鈥�With collected mind鈥欌赌攖his has been added for the purpose of filling up the metre.鈥�(215)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 惭补诲补苍补辫腻谤颈箩腻迟补 (p. 601), without any comment;鈥攁nd in 贬别尘腻诲谤颈 (艢r膩ddha, p. 1427), which adds the following notes:鈥斺��Tasm膩t havi岣ヅ沞峁Ｄ乼鈥�, out of the remnant of the substance offered into the Fire,鈥斺��audakavidhi鈥� stands for the method by which an offering of water is made with hands in the Apasavya form, as laid down in the preceding verse.
Comparative notes by various authors
痴颈峁ａ箛耻 (73.17-19).鈥斺�楴ear the food-remnant, upon ku艣a-blades pointing southwards, he shall deposit one ball for his father, with the mantra P峁泃hiv墨 darvirak峁t膩, etc.;鈥攖he second to the grand-father, with the mantra Antarik峁m darvirak峁t膩, etc.; the third to the great-grand-father, with the mantra 顿测补耻谤诲补谤惫颈谤补办蝉颈峁�, etc.鈥�
驰腻箩帽补惫补濒办测补 (1.241-242).鈥斺�楾aking up all the food and mixing it up with sesamum, he shall offer the balls near the food-remnant, in the manner of the Pit峁泍aj帽a.鈥�
尝补驳丑耻-膧艣惫补濒腻测补苍补 (13.74).鈥�(See above.)