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 3.235
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶む啶班啶｀た 啶多啶班ぞ啶︵啶о 啶さ啶苦い啷嵿ぐ啶距ぃ啶� 啶︵啶灌た啶む啶班 啶曕啶むお啶膏啶むた啶侧ぞ啶� 啷�
啶む啶班啶｀た 啶氞ぞ啶む啶� 啶啶班ざ啶傕じ啶ㄠ啶むた 啶多啶氞ぎ啶曕啶班啶оぎ啶む啶掂ぐ啶距ぎ啷� 啷� 啷ㄠォ啷� 啷�tr墨峁噄 艣r膩ddhe pavitr膩峁噄 dauhitra岣� kutapastil膩岣� |
tr墨峁噄 c膩tra pra艣a峁僺anti 艣aucamakrodhamatvar膩m || 235 ||Three things are sacred at 艢r膩ddhas鈥攖he daughter鈥檚 son, blanket and sesamum, and they commend three things in this connection鈥攃leanliness, absence of anger and absence of haste.鈥�(235)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
鈥�Sacred鈥欌赌�i.e., conducive to sanctity, bringing about excellence.
The first half of this verse is purely reiterative, and the latter half is injunctive.
鈥�Cleanliness鈥欌赌攁voidance of contact with unclean things; and if, through want of care, the man happens to become unclean, he should purify himself with clay, water, &c., in the manner prescribed in the scriptures.
鈥�Absence of haste鈥欌赌�i.e., the feeding of Br膩hma峁嘺s and doing the other acts with confidence and in a steady manner.鈥�(235)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 474).
Comparative notes by various authors
(verses 3.234-235)
See Comparative notes for Verse 3.234.