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 3.249 [Procedure after Feeding]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:
啶多啶班ぞ啶︵啶о 啶啶曕啶む啶掂ぞ 啶� 啶夃啷嵿啶苦し啷嵿啶� 啶掂啶粪げ啶距く 啶啶班く啶氞啶涏い啶� 啷�
啶� 啶啶⑧ 啶ㄠぐ啶曕 啶ぞ啶むた 啶曕ぞ啶侧じ啷傕い啷嵿ぐ啶さ啶距啷嵿し啶苦ぐ啶距 啷� 啷ㄠオ啷� 啷�艣谤腻诲诲丑补峁� bhuktv膩 ya ucchi峁ａ弓a峁� v峁涐梗al膩ya prayacchati |
sa m奴岣峢o naraka峁� y膩ti k膩las奴tramav膩k峁r膩岣� || 249 ||He who, having eaten at a 艣谤腻诲诲丑补, gives the leavings to a 艣奴dra,鈥攖his foolish man falls headlong into the K膩las奴tra hell.鈥�(249)
Medh膩tithi鈥檚 commentary (尘补苍耻产丑腻峁补):
Though the text mentions the evil accruing to the diner, yet the advice intended is conveyed to the performer of the 艣谤腻诲诲丑补; the sense being that 鈥榟e should manage it so that the diner does not offer the leavings to a 艢奴诲谤补.鈥� This form of the rule is analogous to that pertaining to the Priests (where also what is meant is that the master of the sacrifice so arranges things that the Priests do not commit any breaches of law).
鈥�痴峁涐梗补濒补鈥欌�斉毰灏�.
鈥�Head-long鈥欌�擶ith the feet upwards.
The term 鈥�艣谤腻诲诲丑补鈥� has been repeated here for the purpose of guarding against the idea that what is here stated pertains to the 鈥楢malgamating Rite鈥� only.鈥�(249)
Explanatory notes by Ganganath Jha
This verse is quoted in 础辫补谤腻谤办补 (p. 498);鈥攁nd in 骋补诲腻诲丑补谤补辫补诲诲丑补迟颈 (K膩la, p. 559).
Comparative notes by various authors
痴峁沝诲丑补-艢腻迟腻迟补辫补 (51).鈥擺Reproduces Manu, but reading 鈥�tiryagyonau ca j膩yate鈥� for 鈥�办腻濒补蝉奴迟谤补尘补惫腻办艣颈谤腻岣�.鈥橾